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Carved Jolly Santa Ornament | Popular Woodworking
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Before we start carving, here are a few basic carving principles. Stop cuts are cuts that protect areas you don’t want to remove. These simply sever the fibers and define shapes, allowing you to make cuts into them without cutting past them. Next, remember you can always take more off but not add it back. Finally, work with sharp tools. Sharpen your tools with a good stone and keep a strop handy so that dull tools turn you into a Scrooge.
Begin by penciling in a few guidelines to help proportion Santa’s face using the diagram at the bottom of this article.
