Carving starts

This type of wood turned out to be rather "noisy", so I had to limit the hammering as much as I could. Can't risk any fights with the neigbours.
Careful gouging worked, and proved far more relaxing.

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Telefomin shield

Started: first week of May.
Today I shaped the panel into its finite form.

I made a start on the pattern.


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Home making a plank root

We don't have mangrove trees over here, so I had to glue a panel from old meranti poles.

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Hands

The hands are so difficult to carve

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