Now that the general outline of the frame has been carved it’s time to separate and model the leaves to give some life to it. Although I drew those separating lines in my initial steps it’s better to do them after the general outline is complete. The reason is to compensate for variations you may get as you define the outer edges. This has been discussed before but now it’s my definite method to transfer designs. It starts by gluing half of the pattern on a flexible piece of plastic (salad containers, etc.) so you have a fairly stiff piece that can be registered on the frame and drawn around. I talked about that in Part 1 …
