From:
"George Graham" <georgergraham@zzzzzzzzzzz>
Date:
Fri, 29 Apr 2005 08:37:55 -0400
Subject:
relief carving
Oscar Bearinger wrote:
Quoted text begins.Any tips about relief carving, folks?
End of quote.
Oscar,
I've done a few relief carvings and now agree with the traditional assesment
that relief carving is the most demanding type of scupture. It's such weird
combination of 2d and 3d art that it drove me nuts!
Working with very sharp chisels so the edges and lines you cut are sharp and
precise. The best granite relief piece I've seen allowed the chisel marks to
give life and texture to the piece. The edges while being very sharp were
left a little ragged. Something is lost when the work is overfinished.
In general, the process of compressing a 3d image into 2" of depth makes the
forground the most clear , and then loosing detail as you go deeper to give
the illusion of depth.
The strokes of the chisels looked like brush strokes on a canvas.
I really liked Steve's advice, step back, walk away for a while and then
look at your work with rested eyes. If nothing else, that will hold you
back from going too deep, too fast!
I've learned that relief carving required too much real time thinking from
me. I fall into the "less thinking , more tinking" group!
Good luck,
George Graham
http://www.grahamsculpturestudio.com
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