YUKON SEASONS: RIGHT

YUKON SEASONS: RIGHT - PHASE 4

August 3, 2001

I have roughed out the main planes with both straight and tree shaped burrs of various sizes. I find it works well to define a plane on the side furthest from the viewer with a smaller straight burr, then remove the material toward that line with a tree burr and finish with the straight burr to clean up the line. I find that this process repeats itself throughout the roughing out process, using burrs of various sizes depending on the area being worked.

One visitor to my studio commented that the carving looks to be almost completed. It would certainly be great if that were true, but the majority of time has yet to be spent on the details and finishing. The analogy I often use is that of the building of a structure. Once the shell is up, it appears the building is nearly completed. But that is deceiving, because the inside work always takes most of the time.

Summer has returned with a few more warm, dry days. A farm, just down the road from Faro, hopes to bring in its entire crop of hay today - if the weather holds. I worked on a farm in my youth and remember the experience with fondness . So much so, that in a fit of nostalgia I offered to help with the haying. Should be great fun!

I hope my aging frame agrees this evening ...

Till next time,

Shane

P.S. You can visit the farm I worked on as a strapping young lad, by following the link to Frembar Farms on my Links Page. S

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