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Essential Woodcarying Techniques

Fig 14.3 Mov'mg water.

Fig 14.4 Drawings devełoping the shapes h moving water.

FlG 14.5 'Ripple - tttlip tree cawing derwedfront the bonom drawing (Dick Onians).

Three-dimensional Doodles If you take a piece of ribbon or a rubber band or soft aluminium armaturÄ™ wirc you can make somc very pleasing shapes. To copy these in wood is a useful excrcisc, and the wood will make them into beauciful objeets. But these shapes could easily be madÄ™ with Steel or plastic strip. When using wood you should exploit its unique properties. Because wood is carved out of the solid, sides do not need to be parallcl or even. Thicknesses can be varicd. Ripples, swellings. angular extrusions can be included. For instancc, if you bend a bar in an arc its surface area does not change. By adding bulk on

FlG 14.6 Experimental Plasticine model showing combinations of a simple form.

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