How to Carve a Hanging Shirt - 1 Taking a Drawing from your Model

Описание: 'Ceci n'est pas une Chemise'... Eh?
A few years ago, I put a similar shirt in an exhibition with this title - a reference to René Magritte's painting: La Trahison des Images, (1928-29): 'Ceci n'est pas une pipe' ('This is not a pipe')

It's important to understand that I'm not interested in carving a completely 'real' shirt in the way some bird carvers carve and paint realistic birds. This is primarily a woodcarving; a sculpture that explores the forms and spaces of a shirt. I do want to fool viewers for a moment, from a distance, then let them realise they are looking at wood as they come closer; have them sort of hanging in the illusion between 'shirt' and 'woodcarving' for a while.

I'll talk you through this project more than usual. Your shirt will of course be different but I'm fairly sure I'll deal with everything you'll come across. In this first lesson we'll catch our model and create the all-important working drawing.

Wood: I used Sycamore. Plain shirt-type woods such as Basswood, Limewood or Jelutong would be alternatives.

Tools: My tool list and a few notes is available as a PDF below for Woodcarving Workshops subscribers only.

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Notes on Carving your Hanging Shirt:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AuwH...

Master Woodcarver Chris Pye website: https://www.chrispye-woodcarving.com