[Woodcarver] Eye fitting CHAT

[Watson Family]

                 At 11:31 PM 5/02/04, you wrote:
>  Are
>the eyes in your swamp tortoise made this way? They
>look great! Please give me a few more lines about how
>you carve out space for the pupil and set it in so
>perfectly as you've done on your site.

Yes Jean.
The eyes on the tortise are made from Tagua nut with ebony pupils.

I don,t no if i can give you a good discription of the process. I don't 
have the way with woods like Joe or Ivan but I will try.  It may take me a 
couple of days to come up with it.
A beter way would be if Larry could give us a quiet corner for an hour at 
the Congress in June and I could show you.

Peter
Woodcarvings and Wildlife Sculptures
http://www.watsonwoodcarver.com