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RE: Art & Woodworking: How I relief carved Space Whales. Complete process with pictures.

in #art7 years ago

That's very cool. Thanks for sharing. So you have issued with the MDF splitting off at all? I don't do carving, but I have had that happen at times

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Thanks Elvis. MDF is not really ideal to do carvings like this, at all. It indeed splits. The thing that happens to me more is that the fibers will slowly tear apart after cutting. It gets really fickle, almost impossible to get really sharp and clean cuts if you want to go into detail. One of the reasons I'm switching over to basswood and birch. I wan't to go smaller, but MDF doesn't allow me anymore.