MY PERSONAL CARVING OBJECTIVES


IN GENERAL
     1.  DESIGN EACH POSE, MYSELF

     2.  MAKE MY OWN PATTERNS

     3.  CAPTURE THE ESSENCE AND SPIRIT OF EACH SPECIES

     4.  CARVE SONGBIRD SPECIES LIFE-SIZE

     5.  BE TRUE TO THE ANATOMY AND COLORATION 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 PARTS ON 

      8. USE AS LIMITED A PALETTE AS POSSIBLE

      9. PAINT THE CARVINGS BY HAND, WITH BRUSHES

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

     11.  ALWAYS DO MY BEST, AND ALWAYS SEEK TO IMPROVE
                                                                    
FOR POCKETKNIFE CARVINGS . . . 

     12.  USE PRIMARILY A BUCK 307 JACKKNIFE AND A                                 WARREN KNIFE WITH A CONVEX BLADE

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

     14.  USE NO SANDPAPER

      15.  WORK ON EVERY SURFACE OF THE CARVING; LEAVE NO                 'RAW' OR BAND-SAW MARKS

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



                                                                    

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