Thread: Oneironaught's Woodcarvings.

Oh wow! You're pretty tough, going through all that throbbing pain and yet still continuing on, and look at you today! It's certainly worth those sort of dilemmas if this is the result!

That new carving of yours that you're working on looks amazing, I truly envy you. Just to own one of those beauties is enough to earn my envy [because, come on, the way you carve it and the end results are just to die for]. And you go beyond that, it's something you made with your bare hands, that is truly something to treasure and be proud of.

I hope that, even if I never take a stab at sculpture, I'll one day get to see with my own eyes how someone starts off with a slab of wood, and ends up with that. It's just fascinates me.

[If there's one thing I can't help but be a serious critic on, it's art, so I can assure you, that's no buttery sweet talkin' :p , but seriously, you've got some mind blowing skills backed up by contest ribbons]

Does any one have a clue how to view that 3D picture? If even one person does then I'm happy. If no one does then I'll just stick to regular pictures.

Originally Posted by Lucidbulbs

Oh wow! You're pretty tough, going through all that throbbing pain and yet still continuing on, and look at you today! It's certainly worth those sort of dilemmas if this is the result!

I wish I were as tough as it seems but it didn't really hurt. I keep my knives so sharp that I can shave with them so a cut isn't very painful. Of course, the profuse bleeding is quite nerve-wrecking. I took a good ten days to two weeks off. When I got back on the project, I learned very quickly that great care must be taken to avoid injury.

When doing this kind of carving (probably more so than with "regular" carving techniques) you're forced to invent all sorts of odd grips and cutting angles to make it possible to hold the piece without breaking it. I've learned a very important rule: If you feel yourself applying too much pressure then you're doing it wrong. You must use the thumb of your "non-knife" hand as a fulcrum for the back of the blade. I also tend to use my "knife hand" thumb as a backstop for the blade edge when doing certain kinds of cuts, giving my thumb very shallow surface cuts on a regular basis (just not deep enough to bleed). I've learned to apply just the right amount of force and constantly re-evaluate my grip.

Wow, I just bored the hell out of you