Post #285935 by tikigap on Thu, Feb 15, 2007 6:39 PM

GMAN! Funny you should ask :wink:

I've been distracted from carving for some time now, but tonight, I got my pendant from Paipo and got inspired to try to finish the pig. I've hit a serious obstacle however, as illustrated in the accompanying photos.

I roughed out the eyes tonight. The eye on the left (His right eye) has a huge hole in it that could not be avoided. It's a root ball afterall, so there's holes all over it.

After measuring GMAN's real pigs, I found the proportionate place to put the eyes, and one ended up
there.

Maybe you guys can help me out here. Should I leave it alone, and what the hell? Or should I jam a chip of walnut in there with some glue to fill it in, or should I drill both out and put some inlay in there, or what?

I suck at most things carving, and inlay is right at the top of that list, so I'm skeptical of any chance for success.

Me and the pig are all ears.

And thanks for the models and the inquiry GMAN. May the saw be with you.

gap