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the art and vision of the freehand
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<blockquote data-quote="Sasquatch" data-source="post: 529751" data-attributes="member: 509"><p>It's really, really hard to pinpoint a good vs bad freehand, or when something is "art" vs a grade 8 shop project. Just where those lines are drawn...</p><p></p><p>Personally I find the Charatan freehands super ugly, just out of proportion and basically pretty bad looking. They seem random and pointless to me. That said, you start somewhere, and if the best examples of freehand carving today show dashing panels of birdseye and sweeping ranges of straightgrain (all part of the design of the pipe, never a random occurence), it's because carvers have been building on these ideas for 80 years. </p><p></p><p>I go back to the Preben Holm style of pipe on eBay sometimes. And if you look at 100 pipes marked Preben Holm, you'll see one that's REALLY good, really has movement and grace and is carved with a real vision (notice how all these terms are a little murky???). The rest simply... are. </p><p></p><p>Add more mathematical ideas of Danish and American carving schools, things like the Golden Ratio start getting used, French curves, and pipes get beautiful as pieces of art that seem universally appreciated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sasquatch, post: 529751, member: 509"] It's really, really hard to pinpoint a good vs bad freehand, or when something is "art" vs a grade 8 shop project. Just where those lines are drawn... Personally I find the Charatan freehands super ugly, just out of proportion and basically pretty bad looking. They seem random and pointless to me. That said, you start somewhere, and if the best examples of freehand carving today show dashing panels of birdseye and sweeping ranges of straightgrain (all part of the design of the pipe, never a random occurence), it's because carvers have been building on these ideas for 80 years. I go back to the Preben Holm style of pipe on eBay sometimes. And if you look at 100 pipes marked Preben Holm, you'll see one that's REALLY good, really has movement and grace and is carved with a real vision (notice how all these terms are a little murky???). The rest simply... are. Add more mathematical ideas of Danish and American carving schools, things like the Golden Ratio start getting used, French curves, and pipes get beautiful as pieces of art that seem universally appreciated. [/QUOTE]
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