1:  Woodcarving Exhibition
2:  New Chris Pye Gallery Carvings
3:  New Green Men Contributions
4:  Roman Letters with Grid - downloadable PDF
5:  Miscellany:
       One for the Bench
       Back issues
       Woodcarving Tuition/Teaching
       Woodcarving DVDs
       Slipstones Woodcarving Manuals

1  Woodcarving Exhibition

 

'Rosie II', 'Head of a Sea Serpent' and 'The Edge of Reason' (all pictured below) will be there.

Venue

Daniel Kany Gallery
89 Exchange Street
Portland
Maine

  Opening reception: Thursday 5 March 5 - 7pm

   First Friday Art Walk: Friday 6 march 5 - 7pm

   Last Day: 31 March

  Casco Bay Wood Sculptors

   Daniel Kany Gallery

2  New Chris Pye Gallery Carvings!
 

Gilded Pierced Relief: 1.Corinthians.13:
Head of Sea Serpent:	Rosie II:
"The Edge of Reason":	Acanthus Scrolls for Staircase:
Click here for Main Gallery Index

 

3  New Green Men in the Gallery!

Peter Warner:

Thomas Jaffarian:

Eric Taylor:

Tolson DeSa:

 

4  Roman Letters with Grid - downloadable PDF

David Zilberberg, working with my lettering book found that drawing a grid over the letters helped him sort out proportions in his mind. He kindly made up a document of them all which we can now offer to you in turn.

Read more and download here

Also, this is copyright material - © - for personal use. You must ask my permission to reproduce it elsewhere.  

That's it!

Please forward this newsletter to a woodcarving friend, and anyone else you think might be interested. Thanks!

Joy and success with your carving.

                                                              Chris Pye

 
PS: One for the Bench:

"The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge while an ordinary man takes everything either as a blessing or a curse."

           Carlos Castaneda

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  June 22 - 26:  Relief Carving

  June 29 - July 10:  2 week Intermediate/Advanced

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  WOODCARVING DVDs

Full list and details: here

  Sharpen your Gouge
  Essential Lettercarving Techniques
  Ornamental Carving
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  SLIPSTONES WOODCARVING MANUALS

Help yourself!
You are free to copy any or all of these ebooks, send them to your carving friends, or have them available on your own website but you must not charge money for them.

Full list and details: here

  Roman Letter on Grid (pdf only)
  5 Big Thoughts about Carving (pdf only)
  Learning to Draw - Henri Ruukki (pdf only)
  Chris Pye Signature Slipstones (pdf only)
  Deep Undercutting Tools (pdf only)
  Key Notes on Sharpening Woodcarving Gouges (pdf only)
  Master Woodcarving Secrets (pdf only)
    (Sponsored by Tools for Working Wood)
  Quick Carving Questions - 1
    (Sponsored by Tools for Working Wood)
  Quick Carving Questions - 2
    (Sponsored by Classic Hand Tools http://www.classichandtools.com/)
  Quick Carving Questions - 3
     (Sponsored by Preferred Edge Carving Knives & Supplies)
  Quick Carving Questions - 4
  Selecting & Sharpening Your V Tool
  Learning to Carve
  Learning to Carve 2
  A Guide to Safe Woodcarving
  Mistakes and Woodcarving
  Fundamentals of Woodcarving
  Slicing, And The Value Of The Inside Bevel (pdf only)