THINK INSIDE THE BLOCK can be taken one of two ways.  One is to “think inside the block HEAD,”  as in using one’s head in the carving process.  One can not carve what one does not see inside their head, inside imagination and inside creative dreaming.  The other “think inside the block,”  is to look deep into a block of wood with imagination to see the carving to be set free during the carving process.

That which is in one’s “Block Head” is all of  one’s carving experiences and desire to carve an idea that awaits to be set free.  Each carver builds upon what one has already experienced while at the same time allowing the carving process to lead into new experiences of creativity.  But that will never happen unless the carver puts the carving tool into the block of wood to begin the process of removing excess wood to set free the carving inside the block.  Read the rest of this entry »