Originally Posted by
Phillip Bogle
I am on my 2nd flower as the first though nice It wasn't like yours. I seem to have a bit of trouble on the "V" tool. When I make the petal separation cut to the 1/4" depth of the flower, the top of the cut is 1/4" apart on the surface edge. From your photos it appears to be 1/8" between petals. I am sure that I need to have a more natural, optically pleasing look, not the 1/4" between petals. What did I do wrong? I understood from the instruction that I was to make the entire depth of cut with several strokes using only the "V" tool. Did I misunderstand?
You may be making the V-cut too deep. Remember that your prior step is to shape the overall flower from the outside to the center bump, where it is about 1/4" lower. That doesn't mean you are going to make your V-cut 1/4" deep. Your V-cut only needs to be deep enough that it shows the separation between petals - you need to decide how deep that is.
Did that answer your question? Maybe one of the other carvers can jump in if I'm not explaining it well.
Mike
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