MY PERSONAL CARVING OBJECTIVES



     1.  DESIGN EACH POSE, MYSELF

     2.  MAKE MY OWN PATTERNS

     3.  CAPTURE THE ESSENCE AND SPIRIT OF EACH SPECIES

     4.  CARVE SPECIES LIFE-SIZE

     5.  BE TRUE TO THE ANATOMY OF EACH BIRD OR ANIMAL

      6.  CARVE EACH BIRD OR ANIMAL FROM A SINGLE BLOCK OF WOOD

      7.  CARVE ALL PARTS OF THE BIRD OR ANIMAL IN PLACE; DO NOT GLUE ANY                           PARTS ON 

      8.  DO THE PAINTING WITH BRUSHES, NOT AN AIR-BRUSH

      9.  USE AS LIMITED A PALETTE AS POSSIBLE

    10.  PAINT ALL SURFACES OF THE CARVING: LEAVE NO BARE WOOD

                                                                          
FOR POCKETKNIFE CARVINGS . . . 

     11.  USE NOTHING BUT A BUCK 307 JACKKNIFE AND A WARREN KNIFE WITH A                        CONVEX BLADE

     12.  CARVE CLEANLY, WITH A NOTICEABLE ABSENCE OF SLIVERS AND WOOD                           FIBERS

     13.  USE NO SANDPAPER

      14.  WORK ON EVERY SURFACE OF THE CARVING; LEAVE NO BAND SAW                                    MARKS

       15.  CAPTURE SOME SERENDIPITY, IF POSSIBLE, IN THE NATURAL RESULT                                   OF THE KNIFE CUTS AND BRUSH STROKES  



                                                                    

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