Recently I was asked my procedure for carving the nose and eye area, so I will share my response;
When carving the nose right
after I have cut the lower line where the tip of the nose and then cut an angled
line for each nostril flare area I take my ¼ #7 gouge and cut up
towards the area where the eyes come meet. I then take my 3/16 #9 or 10 gouge
and proceed to open up the eye area. When I do this I always cut all the way
through from one eye socket to the other across the bridge of the nose. The time we got together Dwayne Gosnell was carving a nose area and he started setting up the eyes when he said "what if have a oops moment and you accidentally go too deep" and cut out a
chunk of wood at the bridge of the nose. He then continued on with the
eyes and the nose making the "oops" moment part of the new design. Well I have made this oops moment a part of my carving
routine to make myself be sure to go deep and to get real depth.
Every carver has a different approach and uses different techniques to achieve the look he/she is going for, this is simply mine.
as always,
"Good Night and May God bless"
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