I can honestly say that this is the first time I have ever seen someone have to sit atop a piece of work in order to reach the parts they are carving. At that point, it's not really ''carving'' in a traditional sense but architectural carpentry as they are less sculpting something as refining a thing which was previously ''built''.
By that logic ships figureheads were carved by boat builders not carvers , they’re sitting on the pieces because ..they usually work on the floor not a bench .... they’re carving architectural elements in the same way stone carvers do.. ...carvers rather than “sculptors “ surely ...
@@Chain21SAW Ship figureheads have traditionally been carved in-place, literally on the ship while in dry dock, not on a floor with the worker sitting on top of it.
Amazing skills
I can honestly say that this is the first time I have ever seen someone have to sit atop a piece of work in order to reach the parts they are carving. At that point, it's not really ''carving'' in a traditional sense but architectural carpentry as they are less sculpting something as refining a thing which was previously ''built''.
By that logic ships figureheads were carved by boat builders not carvers , they’re sitting on the pieces because ..they usually work on the floor not a bench .... they’re carving architectural elements in the same way stone carvers do.. ...carvers rather than “sculptors “ surely ...
@@Chain21SAW Ship figureheads have traditionally been carved in-place, literally on the ship while in dry dock, not on a floor with the worker sitting on top of it.