February 8th,2021 8:00am-10:00am
I did work on the zine and February 12th, 2:30pm-3:00pm there was an in progress meeting to check in with Bailey and Christa about the zine and how it is coming along they saw my page sketches and went over some extra information that they added to the sheet about what the zine should include
February 13, 1:00pm-4:20pm Online Beginners wood carving observation
Instructor Seth Eberle
The people in this group are more talkative and makes the session feel more relaxed and casual than the kolrosing group who were a little more quiet
-The session started with casual chat and asking everyone their names and experience with carving if they had any to get an idea of the skill range of the group
-went over what was in the kit as well as the materials that would need to be returned and where they could purchase them later if anyone wanted (links were going to be included in follow up email) there was a piece included for practice cuts as well as some extra materials
-Intro to dendrochronology/parts of a tree with visuals (a powerpoint as well as straws held together with a gumband) knowing how a tree can help with carving
-Carving Safety
-Demo for several basic types of carving cuts
After each cut demo time Is given for practicing the cut (instructor verifies that everyone is ready before moving on
Questions between the demos
“how to have more control?”
“Is the wood in the kit from Silverwood?”
“do you cut in the middle of the knife?”
-Breaks at first and second hour mark
-demo for the actual heart carving project
drawing guide lines on the wood
rough “2d”carved out heart from carving out the sides of block
rounding out the heart (given the option to just round out the edges or to make the heart a more rounded “3d” look)
(Seth forgot about recording and was reminded after a couple steps so he started recording and repeated steps for the recording)
some repeated steps for people who asked
After work time and reminding people to stretch and shake out hands
Demo for taking care of carving knife for those who were interested in continuing to carve
Demo of finishing techniques
Paint
Mineral oil/beeswax
Kolrosing
Everyone showed their work to their camera for Seth to take screenshot of the class and their work
After the class Seth and I discussed some of my own thoughts on the class mostly about it being a rather fun and open group and my own experience with carving
We also talked about my own plans for my lesson and the possibility of having a kit available for it