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Identification Statement: Woodcarving Illustrated vol. 17, no. 3
(Fall 2013) (ISSN#1096-2816) is published four times a year in the months of
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Volume 17, Number 3 (Issue No. 64)
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Wild Wood
My friend and I took our kids miniature golfing the other
day. Our local course, Village Greens in Strasburg, Pa., is
fantastic—it rambles down a shady hillside crisscrossed with
burbling streams and liberally planted with flowers. You
cross over a swinging bridge and under a waterfall; water
is the trickiest and most pervasive obstacle in the cleverly
plotted course. Plus, you can order milkshakes from the
20th hole for pickup when you’re done playing.
As we were waiting to tee off, I spied large, root-like knobs standing
along a stream under a tree—cypress knees. I recognized them from
the samples, both carved and un-, at the office, and I was oddly excited
to see them growing. It’s hard to explain, but seeing them in the wild,
as it were, made them very real to me. It’s like I suddenly understood
the relationship between the wood we usually see—carved, painted,
and finished—and this dirty, natural, and lumpy wood that still
somehow inspires people to go get some and turn it into something
cool and creative. And in a small way, I felt the magazine in the middle,
helping other people make that connection.
One of the artists featured in this issue, Gary Burns, a.k.a. “Wiz,”
is especially inspired by dirty lumps of wood. Gary carves pine knots
from well-rotted trees because he likes the way the wood carves when
it’s full of pitch. He also carves maple burls, which he says don’t chip as
much as regular maple and have interesting grain. Learn more about
Gary and his carvings, and get some tips for carving burls and knots,
beginning on page 18.
And speaking of cool and creative, check out pages 54 and 55
(go ahead, I’ll wait). Artists Marc Evan and Chris Soria morph into
the Maniac Pumpkin Carvers at this time each year. Using standard
carving tools, art supplies, and kitchen gear, they will create 500-plus
decorative pumpkins over the course of three months. Like Gary with
his knots, the Maniacs not only carve what’s available, but turn the
ordinary into something extraordinary.
This issue offers you plenty of opportunities to do the same.
Although most of our projects use traditional blocks, you could easily
carve them in found wood—or found vegetables. Or, add a carving to a
common object. Jose Valencia usually carves his low-relief images into
gunstocks, although he demonstrated his art on a plaque for us
(page 32). Our grape vine relief pattern (page 14) and eagle chip
carving pattern (page 22) would both look great on furniture.
We have articles or projects
about power carving, tech,
caricatures, wildlife, and even
holiday gifts. I hope that one
of them inspires you to make
something extraordinary.
Mindy Kinsey
Kinsey@FoxChapelPublishing.com
Cypress knees growing at the
local miniature golf course.
