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Step 1:

Prepare the blank.

Transfer the patterns to the front and

side of the blank. Cut the side profile,

leaving a small tab of wood on the back

side of the hood to keep the blank flat

on the saw table. Use a few dots of glue

(wood, cyanoacrylate [CA], or hot glue)

to hold the side in place while you cut

the front. Cut the front piece free in one

section to preserve the pattern. Then,

carve off the tab.

ROUGHING OUT THE SANTA

REFINING THE CARVING

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Step 2:

Rough out the

carving.

Round the sharp corners and

carve down close to the pattern lines

with a knife. Use a

5/16" (8mm) 7

5° V-tool

to outline the edges of the scroll and

the cuffs. Draw the bottom of the ruff,

hairline, nose, eyes, mustache, and top

of the beard. Then, use the V-tool to

carve around the coat sleeves, the face,

the beard, and the fur trim on the hood.

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Step 3:

Rough out the face.

Use the 5/16" (8mm) 7

5° V-tool to carve

around the cheeks, nose, hairline, and

mustache. Use a 1/8" (3mm) #

11 gouge

to carve the eye sockets and the bridge

of the nose. Remember, the nose, hair,

eyebrows, and mustache extend out

past the cheeks and forehead. Use the

stop- and relief-cut technique (see page

18) to separate the hood from the hair

and face, and to separate the hair from

the forehead. Use a knife to round the

mittens slightly so the scroll and cuffs

stick out more than the mittens.

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Step 4:

Refine the carving.

Use a knife to make stop and relief

cuts on the lines between the cuffs of

the sleeves and the scroll and the lines

between the mittens and the scroll.

Then, hollow the inside of the sleeves

and undercut the spiral at the bottom

of the scroll. Use a knife to carve away

a wedge of wood between the thumb

and the rest of the mittens. Separate

the areas above and below the fur trim

on the bottom of the robe. I use several

small carving tools and a detail knife to

separate the nose from the cheeks and

finish shaping the cheeks. Separate the

bottom of the nose from the mustache,

and the sides of the nostrils from the

cheeks. Carve the groove between the

eyebrows. Draw the eyes, keeping one

eye open more than the other.

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Step 5:

Add the final details.

Make stop cuts along the top and lower

eyelids with a detail knife. Carefully

round the eye up to the top eyelid

and down to the lower eyelid using

the knife to separate the eyeball from

the eyelids. Use the tip to make stop

and relief cuts above and below the

lower lip. The cuts above the lower lip

open the mouth and the cuts under

it separate the lip from the beard.

Use a V-tool to carve the pockets and

the folds in the sides of the robe and

separate the lines slightly with a knife.

Separate the areas where the bottom of

the cuffs meet with the robe. Separate

the belt. Rather than trying to carve

every hair, I use a 1/8" (3mm) #

10 palm

chisel to show just the flow of the

hair and beard. Use a carving knife to

separate the hair and mustache slightly.

Carve the eyebrow hair with a 1/

16"

(2mm) #11 gouge.