ABSTRACT
This is one introduction to carving proper, which demands a more considered approach than the direct attack possible with modelling. In modelling the final form is built up from additions (either separately or pulled from the lump), so the value of each addition can be assessed as it is added. The hard resistance to the tool increases the satisfaction for some temperaments and gives them what they could never get from clay. This positive pleasure in its hardness must be present, or the long, demanding work of carving would become a drudgery. There must be many possible materials for carving lying on our uplands or among the rocks of the moor or the shore. It is better to investigate the craft materials which are around rather than sending always to the store for the standardized and too often characterless substitute.
