CARVING WOODPULP ON REPRODUCTION FRAME (BAROQUE STYLE)
Channel: Massimiliano Gurrieri
Date: 2023-06-06

In the video, see the carver recarving the shapes of the ornaments using sharp gouges. The ornaments are basically already made, therefore the carver is just trying to accentuate those sharp edges typical of carving. More info about this frame model: https://nowframes.com/product/cod-04-baroque-picture-frame/

These are ornaments made from wood pulp. It is being used exactly as the pastiglia was used in ancient times. One prepares a soft dough that has to be inserted inside the molds to create any type of decoration.

The difference between pastiglia and wood pulp is simply in the drying time: wood pulp dries in very few seconds, so it has to be inserted into the molds very quickly. Its advantage, however, is that it is easy to carve: even easier than wood, being it softer.

The carver then proceeds in a certain order to reshape those edges that were lost during the preparation of the ornaments with molds. Some clever gouge passages elegantly resolve this
problem, giving back to the decorations that sense of typical Baroque style carving.

As you can see, even the shavings derived from the work of the gouges aren't different at all from those produced by carving real wood.

In addition, some details that are not present yet, are made from scratch. See for this purpose, the realization of the veins on the leaves made in the bigger ornamentation.

See also how the gouge passages, create shapes not just more detailed, but also more slender and refined. At the end, the result, is preatty much similar to the one of an original antique Baroque style frame.

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