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Tree Carving Article

Here is an article from the Verona paper on the Farley Tree Carving.

https://www.unifiednewsgroup.com/verona_press/community/woodcarving-artist-david-carlson-working-on-project-for-the-farley-center/article_4fe0d587-1868-5606-9bd5-fdcfdb568ace.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share

Working on watercolor

I’ve been trying smaller format hot press paper recently. This is from our sanity walks during quarantine. Nine Springs Creek.

Observing

I needed a walk. It was about 32, but sunny. This walk is near our house.

Mad Forge

I was able to start with my forge today. I made tongs for holding material. I also started two pieces of stock for future use.

I’ll need to make 2 or 3 tongs for differently shaped material.

Stay tuned

I’m making up the process as I go. Using photo reference transferred with graphite paper, I set in the deep crevices. Bark is rough, so I have to avoid the temptation to smooth things out. Next I textured the surface with a small u shaped gouge. Now I will come in and create intermediate sized crevices and clean up the two vines. That will be as far as I can go with carving. After that will be painting.

Texturing in progress
Deep crevices.

Progress

Continue reading “Progress on “Oak””

Carving during the virus

Now, looking on the positive, there is time to work on carving progress.

Process, photo, transfer, deep crevices first.

This is “Oak” the second piece in “The Life of a Seed”.

The life of a seed

I’ve been invited to participate in a show for Lent and Easter with the title, “The Life of a Seed”. Part one is an acorn in relief. Part two is a segment of an oak tree. This is before and after. Acorn will hang during Lent at Christ Presbyterian Church in Madison. The show will be rehung at Easter with the before and after pieces together.

The oak tree is a close up of a tree at the Farley Center.