---- Chris Pye: WOODCARVING - NEWSLETTER ---- April 2004 http://www.chrispye-woodcarving.com "Dedicated to the teaching, learning and love of woodcarving" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please forward this newsletter to a woodcarving friend, and anyone else you think might be interested. Thanks! This is an opt-in newsletter and you should only be receiving it because you requested it from the website, or were sent it by a friend. Subscribe or Unsubscribe easily on the home page here: http://www.chrispye-woodcarving.com/ or using the link at the end of the newsletter. ****Back issues here: http://www.chrispye-woodcarving.com/intro/pastnews.html including zipfiles for 2001, 2002 & 2003 newsletters ============================================================ Hello Everyone! With just one offering, this has got to be about the shortest newsletter since I started! (Short but biteable...) I'm sure you are all aware that what I can manage herein depends so much on what other demands are made on my time. Funnily enough none of you has ever complained, so any sense of shortfall must be my own - and that's only because I enjoy writing and communicating about woodcarving and regret the lack of time to do more. Anyone care to help me out by writing and sharing a paragraph or two on something from your carving experience? Some thought or opinion, trick or treat near to your heart? CONTENTS: 1. Website News: 1) New free eBook! Website Bookmarks at the end. __________________________________________ 1. WEBSITE NEWS __________________________________________ 1) NEW FREE EBOOK! No, this is NOT the same as last month! "Quick Carving Questions - 2" is a second compilation of those Quick Carving Questions that appear every month in this newsletter. Another great read and full of useful carving tips and advice, and available for free because of sponsoring by Mike Hancock of Classic Hand Tools - for which many thanks! You'll see links to Quick Carving Questions - 2 on the website home page: http://www.chrispye-woodcarving.com/ or you can go directly to the download page here: http://www.chrispye-woodcarving.com/slipstones/qcq2.html Enjoy, learn, benefit, pass it on - and please thank our sponsor by paying a visit to their website: http://www.classichandtools.co.uk. And please let me know what you think of it. Quick Carving Questions - 1 (sponsored by Tools for Working Wood: http://www.toolsforworkingwood.com/): You may like to know that you have downloaded well over 1000 copies since I announced it in last month's newsletter. The feedback I have had has been entirely positive. Happy days! There's a full list of ebooks and information about 'ebooks' here: http://www.chrispye-woodcarving.com/slipstones/index.html ============================================= That's all for this month! Joy and success in your carving! Chris Pye ------------------------- PS: One for the bench: "Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." ~ Stephen Covey ____________________________________________________________ SOME WEBSITE BOOKMARKS ____________________________________________________________ ----------------- SLIPSTONES WOODCARVING MANUALS Nearly 19000 copies of these ebooks have been downloaded in the last 14 months. Full list and details: http://www.chrispye-woodcarving.com/slipstones/index.html * Quick Carving Questions - 2 http://www.chrispye-woodcarving.com/slipstones/qcq2.html (Sponsored by Classic Hand Tools: http://www.classichandtools.co.uk) * Quick Carving Questions - 1 http://www.chrispye-woodcarving.com/slipstones/qcq1.html (Sponsored by Tools for Working Wood: http://www.toolsforworkingwood.com) * The Accomplished V Tool 1 - Free evaluation copy http://www.chrispye-woodcarving.com/slipstones/v1.html * Learning to Carve - Free eBook http://www.chrispye-woodcarving.com/slipstones/learncarving.html * A Guide to Safe Woodcarving - Free eBook http://www.chrispye-woodcarving.com/slipstones/safecarving.html * Mistakes and Woodcarving - Free eBook http://www.chrispye-woodcarving.com/slipstones/mistakes.html * Fundamentals of Woodcarving - Free eBook http://www.chrispye-woodcarving.com/slipstones/fundamentals.html *Slicing, And The Value Of The Inside Bevel With The Chris Pye #2 1/2 Finishing Gouges From Ashley Iles - Free pdf http://www.chrispye-woodcarving.com/slipstones/slicing.html ----------------- TEACHING * UK (1-TO-1 PERSONAL TUITION) Full details here: http://www.chrispye-woodcarving.com/tuition/t_custom.html Single day: £150 3 days: £360 5 days: £495 Lunch included. Local B&Bs in a very beautiful part of England... * USA (CENTER FOR FURNITURE CRAFTSMANSHIP, MAINE) http://www.woodschool.org/ Sept 20 - 24 Ornamental carving (Mouldings) Sept 27 - Oct 1 Relief Carving Oct 4 - 9 Carving Tutorial ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Copyright (c) Chris Pye 2004 Chris@chrispye-woodcarving.com ----------------------- -----------------------