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    Hints on Wood-Carving - Recreative Classes and Modelling for Beginners
    Hints on Wood-Carving - Recreative Classes and Modelling for Beginners
    Hints on Wood-Carving - Recreative Classes and Modelling for Beginners
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    Hints on Wood-Carving - Recreative Classes and Modelling for Beginners

    By Eleanor Rowe

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    This volume offers the reader a series of lessons on wood-carving, designed specially for beginners and students. Easy-to-follow and profusely illustrated, 'Hints on Wood-Carving' will be of considerable utility to anyone with an interest in woodworking, and it would make for a fantastic addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: 'Benches', 'Implements Required', 'Selection of Wood', 'Flat Carving', 'Plates I. to IV.', 'Notes on Jacobean Carving by W. Bliss Sanders', 'Plates V. to IX. Modelled Carving', 'General Remarks', 'Recreative Artisan Classes', 'Books of Reference', 'Workshop Recipes', 'Modelling in Clay', etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition complete with the original text and images. First published in 1902.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMerz Press
    Release dateDec 21, 2016
    ISBN9781473347960
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      Hints on Wood-Carving - Recreative Classes and Modelling for Beginners - Eleanor Rowe

      INDEX

      HINTS ON WOOD-CARVING, FOR BEGINNERS.

      CHAPTER I.

      Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.

      THE study of Wood-carving may be divided into three classes: First, Figure-carving, in which, as a branch of art, it may rank with that of the sculptor, requiring the carver to be an artist as well as a craftsman. Second, Ornament, in all its branches, from the most simple to the most complex, for the successful execution of which artistic ability and technical skill are again necessary. Third, Ornament which is more or less mechanical, and which may be set out with rulers and compasses, as, for example, the Brittany and Jacobean strap-work, and many Indian patterns; also various Mouldings, Diapers, Geometrical traceries, and Chip-carving. For the last class, mechanical dexterity, and a sense of proportion, in the arrangement of the patterns are all that are absolutely necessary, but when these are combined with artistic feeling, a grace and charm are added to the work, which are never to be found in the purely mechanical.

      With the first class this little manual does not attempt to deal; with the second only in the elementary stages. But with the third it deals more fully, for it is the basis of all three, as artistic ability without technical skill is of little value to the wood-carver.

      It is, therefore, as a help to the craftsman, rather than to the artist, that the following pages have been compiled.

      It is surprising how much may be done in a short time provided that students will make up their minds to go through a certain amount of study before attempting work which they wish to utilise; however, like everything else, if Wood-carving is to be made a profession, a long and steady training is absolutely necessary. There are plenty of indifferent, carvers, and to meet with success one must be able to draw, to model, and to carve in any style, and this can only be acquired by long and systematic study. With the amateur it is different; if he be wise he will not aim too high, nor attempt festoons and flowers in high relief, figures nor delicate Italian carving, unless he can not only draw what he proposes to carve, but model it in clay.

      Let none, however, be discouraged, for he who sets to work in earnest, determined from the outset to work with patience and perseverance, carefully and thoughtfully, will in the end produce something which may be pleasing to himself as well as to those around him. For what is done with diligence and toil, imparts to the beholder a secret force, of which no one can say how far the effects may reach.

      Now to business—

      in. high, and a round stool 2 ft. 4 in. are the most convenient heights. Turned stools may be procured from Messrs. George Hammer & Co., 370, Strand, London. It is, however, much more workmanlike to stand, and for high relief carving it is almost imperative. It is true that the carving can be shifted to enable one to work sitting, but in finishing it is always better to keep it as far as possible in the right position according to the design. One might take an occasional rest whilst grounding out a panel or finishing off the near details, but as a general rule it is better to stand. Low relief carving is much easier to do sitting than high relief work, although in many Gothic tracery designs it is impossible to get a nice free sweep unless one is standing. For those who are unable to stand and intend going in for light work, a deal table about 2 ft. 6 in. high may be used with the ordinary chair—in fact, a small occasional kitchen deal table answers every purpose; if possible, however, a bench is far better. The bench or table should be made secure by fastening it to the ground by means of small clamps, such as are used for curtain poles. When this is not possible, the table should be carefully wedged so as to make it quite steady, and if necessary it should be further steadied by the help of kitchen weights. With a fancy table-cover over it, when not in use, a small bench or deal table might stand in any room. Very nice benches for work at home, made with a ledge at the bottom and a small box for the tools at one side, may be procured, by letter only, from Mr. W. H. Grimwood, 15, Lechmere Road, Willesden Green, London, N.W. Single bench, 3 ft. by 2 ft., by 3 ft. 2 in. high, £1 5s. Double bench, 6 ft. by 2 ft., by 3 ft. 2 in. high, £2. As each bench is made to order, the size can be varied if

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