My first knife in the true sense, I didn’t know anything, and I didn’t even know the specific usage of some tools. At that time, I wanted to carve an elephant, so I went to Tudou to check the video. After a long period of tinkering, I found my brain. The ideas in the article were worked out step by step. I am posting this tutorial as a souvenir. There are many details that I didn’t even think about taking pictures. I only have these few pictures. I hope it will give some tips to the novices.
Tools and materials needed for auspicious elephant carving:
1 ivory tree, 1 small electric grinder, several grinding heads, and several sheets of sandpaper
Illustration of steps for carving auspicious elephants:
Step 1 of auspicious elephant carving:
Select materials
Step 2 of auspicious elephant carving:
Describe the rough lines of the head, nose, ivory ears
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Step 10 of auspicious elephant carving:
The word "auspicious" is engraved on the bottom, and a red bead is installed on the elephants trunk. I forgot to take a photo.
