I recently received an email from Marty Leenhouts (My Chip Carving founder) where he shared a picture of his latest projects – a couple of knife boxes. Take a look!
Of course, they are both well done and enjoyable to view, but my attention was drawn to the top one. I’ve always been intrigued by 3D pictures and carvings, and the more I looked at his carving, the more I liked it. The way it appears to twist in the center is cool to me. I have yet to carve such a pattern myself, but I am curious about what you think of carving 3D patterns. Would you like to carve one?
Have you already carved some? I'd love to see them if you have!
I received the following response from Damon to last week's email on applications used for patterns:
I use Acorn, which is a very pared-down and Mac-only version of Photoshop. I like that I can take a photo of the project, scale it to size, then create or modify the pattern directly on it to know exactly how
it’ll fit. I use the software to create new patterns, convert designs I see into patterns, and modify existing patterns. I’ve even used it to modify specific letters on wedding plates that didn’t look quite right. It’s fairly lengthy, but here’s a video of my full process creating a new wedding plate design using the various tools.
Here's a link to a YouTube video on Damon's design process using Acorn (Note: The video will open in a separate window)
Thanks for sharing Damon! I enjoyed the video and will definitely keep Acorn in mind if a MacBook is in my
future.
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One of my projects. A Wayne Barton pattern that was in February 1993 Wood Magazine
Nicely done! Robert mentioned that it is 15" x 6.5"
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Have a great week, !
I think Mia was happy that there wasn't as much snow as forecasted.
