[Woodcarver] Carving basswood egg question

[GlendaKAllen at aol.com]

Hi Vic,
 i haven't carved any basswood goose eggs, but i've worked mostly with  red 
cedar and carve mostly in the round, for me it was whichever  complemented what 
i wanted and made sure i had a really sharp knife. some  breakage some not.
 Glenda
ps lightly spraying the wood with water also helps on breakage.
 
 
 
Glenda Allen
Artist
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Hi,

I have a few basswood goose eggs to carve Santa heads.  I  laid out my first 
one 
and it came out well.  I started a second one  tonight and realised that I 
didn't 
know if you should center the face on the  edge of the grain, or with the 
flat of 
the grain, or doesn't it  matter?  (I started this one on the flat of the 
grain)

So, for all  you basswood egg carvers, what is your preference for laying out 
faces on  eggs with regard the to grain?

Thanks, Vic  H


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