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Here's what it looked like after the topside roughout.
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Turn the piece over at this point, and the rough bowl form is still visible. I drew in my guidelines for the leaf layers on the back in pencil, and then redrew them using a sharpie.
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This is an overall view of the first two backside leaves after roughout. You can also see the kutzall and stump cutter bits I use with the two different sized foredom handpieces.
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A closer view of the project. It's really challenging to do the opposite side roughout because I have to conform to the contours I carved on the topside. I use my finger calipers and work through the thick areas until I have a thickness of about 1/4 inch throughout the leaf. Takes a lot of time, but if I do it right at this stage, the detail carving will go much better for me.
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