Today I am cutting out all the pieces required for Monkey Number Two, which is going to be the slightly larger male monkey. It will be much quicker to carve this puppet, since it is essentially a scaled-up replica of the first, and I have already solved all the technical conundrums. Here is Monkey Number One (still to be named) reclining on the block of jelutong from which her companion will emerge. A curious mutation of the Genesis creation story!
I have found the enlargement function on my photocopier to be an invaluable tool for scaling up my original designs. These are then transferred on to the wood using carbon paper and tracing paper. It takes some thought to determine the configuration that makes best use of the wood.
A good few hours later, here are the bandsawed parts on the right, still very heavy and bulky but ready now to be carved.
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