Post #515446 by hewey on Sat, Mar 6, 2010 1:01 AM

Now that the shape was sorted, time to engrave a Tangaroa face. First of all a quick sketch.

Yup, looks good.

Trace

And carve. I wasnt completely happy with how it turned out, cutting across the grain gave pretty messy cuts :(

So it hit it with a burner

I them sanded the face a little to knock off some of the burnt bits. And to give the wood some more colour, I sprayed a little red primer then wipped it off straight away, only doing a dinner plate size at a time.


Next I went over it with some black paint, using a paint brush to get it into the knocks and dings I made, then wipe it off again.



For comparison I lined the offcuts up next to it to illustrate the colour difference


Still need to add the black to the back, then its time for some clear varnish. :D