- This is the glued up basswood block for shell niche
- Mary starts to carve shell niche
- Carving the shell
Day 1 of carving the shell niche. The inside edge of the molding that will be surrounding this shell is 24″ wide x 12″ tall. The shell will be carved 9″ deep. The difficulty here is that it is not a perfect quarter round – it is more of an elipse. There will be a center scroll design also, so as I hog out the wood at this point, I am leaving a section of wood in the center to be able to carve this detail later.