Creative Woodworks & crafts 1997-12, страница 36

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Santa-cicles are easy-to-carve ornaments that give your tree a real Old World look.

INSTRUCTIONS

1-7/0"

MATERIALS

Wood: basswood—3/4" x 3/4" x 6" Carving tools: carving knife; V-tool (optional) Drill with small bit

Delta Ceramcoat acrylic paints: Black;

Dresden Flesh; Fire Red; Rouge; White Loew-Cornell American Painter Series paintbrushes: No. 2 liner (series 4350); 3/4" wash (series 4550) Hanger of choice

Step 1. Measure 1-1/2" down from the top of the wood and draw a line on one corner which will be the stop cut for the eyes. Draw another line in the same corner, 1-7/8" inches from the top, which will be the stop cut for the bottom of the nose.

Step 2. Carve in notches at both of the marked lines, then carve away the corner of the ornament above the eye line and below the bottom of the nose. Make a slanted cut from the tip of the nose to the eye line. Next, carve away the remaining three corners of the wood stock so that the entire piece is somewhat octagonal, with only a small wedge of wood that will form the nose remaining.