The Woodcarving
The Kit
Unboxing
Designing the bowl
Drawing on the block
Use pencil to avoid ink leaching into the wood
Starting to carve
Transferring the detail (cat photobomb)
Graphite stick rubbings to check progress
Graphite on the surface of the wood makes carving easier to see
A light sand to remove splinters and graphite
A coat of wax...
...which was licked off by my cat (not a good idea)
The finished bowl (and don't worry, my cat was fine)