Coming along nicely 2

ByKoen van Velzen 19-06-201308-02-2026

Today I have mostly been busy carving the insides of the curls. Which means that there are twelve coils to be carved; now another four to go. Apart from that, pretty much everything now has been shaped, so that I can start giving all of it their final shape, moving from top to bottom, finishing, piercing and cutting open the holes in between the ferns.

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