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Laborer, Artisan, Artist

Project by Roger Strautman posted 915 days ago 687 views 4 times favorited 14 comments Add to Favorites Watch

This is my large chip carving project for this year and it goes really well with Mark DeCou’s topic ” Craftsman vs. Atrisan”.

The frame is made of butternut that is stained and the background is made from basswood that is bleached. The quote is from an unknown author “He who works with his hands is and laborer, He who works his hands and his head is an artisan, But he who works his hands, his head, and his heart, is an artist.

-- " All Things At First Appear Difficult"


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WayneC

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posted 915 days ago

This is beautyful. I’ll leave the debate to the thinkers on the site. Perhaps Frank has some words of wisdom on this topic.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

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MsDebbieP

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posted 915 days ago

oh my goodness this is amazing. Making those corners must have been… .... ... very difficult!!
That is a great quote. So now Mark’s discussion has to be “Craftsman vs Artisan vs Artist” :)

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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Dick, & Barb Cain

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posted 915 days ago

Another great one.
There’s no end to your beauitful accomplishments.

Question! Are the strips with the lettering, wood, or paper ?

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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oscorner

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posted 915 days ago

There was an article on chip carving in the Woodsmith # 171 and my interest in this technique is growing. What tools would you suggest for a newbie to start with?

-- Jesus is Lord!

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Roger Strautman

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posted 915 days ago

Dick, I’m still layoing out thr lettering an am working on design.

Os, I would start with a Wayne Barton knife but make use it’s very sharp or you will give chip carving up really fast.

-- " All Things At First Appear Difficult"

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WayneC

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posted 915 days ago

I looked up the knives. Here is a link to a site selling them.

http://www.jacquescoulombe.com/barton.htm

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

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David

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posted 915 days ago

Roger -

This is absolutely beautiful! I always admire your work.

I have enjoyed the philisophical discussion started by Mark about craftsman - artisan - artist. I thought of this topic again when my cherry display stand delivered at the Clearwater Gallery in Sisters Oregon. Through our friends that own the gallery, we have met a number of very talented artists and dimentional artists featured at the gallery. We have started collecting some of these pieces because we enjoy them so much. It is indeed an interesting conversation regarding how to refer to these very talented people such as yourself, Mark and all the others I have begun to appreciate.

-- http://foldingrule.blogspot.com

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Dick, & Barb Cain

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posted 915 days ago

Thanks Rog,
Most of your work is so reallistic I thought you could make it look like real paper. LOL

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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mot

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posted 915 days ago

Wow!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

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oscorner

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posted 915 days ago

Thank you, Rog and Wayne!

-- Jesus is Lord!

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Karson

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posted 914 days ago

Rog: Great beginning. It’s going to be another masterpiece. Do you carve the letters in the frame, or is it taken out?

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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dadefreese

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posted 914 days ago

Outstanding. Chip carving or any other carving should be a bit more prominent in the woodworking mags from time to time. True, um, artistry!

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Roger Strautman

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posted 914 days ago

Karson, I made the frame first and carved it and now I’ve made the inner background board and will carve it before I assemble it all together.

-- " All Things At First Appear Difficult"

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scottb

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posted 914 days ago

I remember we had that quote up on the wall in my High School Graphics Lab.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

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