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20 The Expressive Face

Taking up the carving from a situation where the basie form of the head has been roughed out, Fig. 36, a centre linÄ™ has been drawn down the nose, and the eye, mouth and main deep furrows of the face marked in on the left side. On the right side these features have been carved creating the hollowing of the eye sockets with a slight bulge for the eyeball. Thecheek-bone starts to show as a result of cutting in the infra-orbital furrow and slightly hollowing the cheek. The naso-labial furrows have been roughed in forming the curve of the mouth, which has then been indi cated. Virtually all of this work has been carried out using rotary burrs rather than gouges, which on this smali scalÄ™, should be found to be easier. This stage can be seen from the side in Fig. 37.

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Fig. 37