Day 1: He gives us a history of the rifle in America. German immigrants brought them over here and along with them, the rifle making tradition. The Edward Marshall long walk rifle comes up and Brooks thinks the parts were on the long walk, but that it's been restocked by Albright (Albrecht). He talks a bit about baroque and then the later roccoco that was developed from it. Of course the golden mean comes up and Jack brings out Vol II of Journal of Arms Making Technology (published by the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association) with Barry Bohnet's article on the Golden Mean. Furniture makers and gunmakers pick up on it and apply it to stocks. Jack then goes over several earlier makers, a brief overview of the Moravians and
Like Wallace Gusler, Jack Brooks believes that if you can't draw, you can't carve. Grabbing scratch paper from the copier reject bin to draw on, we spent the rest of the first day drawing acanthus leaves and C scrolls. Like what John Schippers teaches, you take the basic design and then embellish it. I'm actually getting the hang of it and the eraser makers must love me for helping to pay for their children's college education.
Brooks recommends we stick to the simple stuff first and as we develop our skills, to refine our work.
Like Wallace Gusler, Jack Brooks believes that if you can't draw, you can't carve. Grabbing scratch paper from the copier reject bin to draw on, we spent the rest of the first day drawing acanthus leaves and C scrolls. Like what John Schippers teaches, you take the basic design and then embellish it. I'm actually getting the hang of it and the eraser makers must love me for helping to pay for their children's college education.
Brooks recommends we stick to the simple stuff first and as we develop our skills, to refine our work.