So now that we transfer the image with the transfer paper, we have to prepare ourselves to start carving the block. We talked before there's there's different kinds of needs. And one important step that will make things really easy for you When will make your design reproduce well, is to have very sharp tools. Because otherwise if the toy is not charged, you will not get a very fine quality of life. So usually the sets for for the carving tools include a little stone for sharpening and it has an indentation where you will place the knee and just like slowly give it like maybe 30 seconds of like sharpening. Before starting.

Once you're really sure you can test it a little bit here, but if you're sure that it's curving nicely, you're ready to start Going into the detail. I always recommend to start with tracing the outline of your design. And you want to use the finer names that you get in your set. It's usually a V shaped one. Um, one very, very important thing to remember is that you should always be carving outside. You want to be very careful because your fingers are somewhat close.

And you don't really need to have them. You always want to have them protected. But first step is always always go from the inside out. That way, you will always be protected and take your time, you know, this doesn't have to be rushed. This is actually part of the process that is very, very enjoyable. We're just going to do right now the outline and once we're done doing the outline We can we can start carving the rest.

So make sure when you're carving to always be cleaning up your space you will be having a piece of scrap paper wherever all the waste will be will be gathered but um it's actually great when you have your block clean because that way you can see the lines and again, you don't have to rush into these just like the slowly the slower you go, the more control you will have with the tool. And with experience you can start making little more intricate designs but for now I recommend to have like just bold figures that will print nicely So once you're finished with the outline of the shape, you want to start carving out the background. For the background, you can use one of the needs that is a little wider so you're able to cover more surface. Just be careful to not get into the area that you have already carved.

And what we're trying to create here is a race surface. And sort of like a step between the background and the figure that you're going to eat. And these you can just take your time, and you want also to be taking a little bit in how deep you're going so that you keep the surface level. So now that you have completed carving the background image, take some time to to look at the detail and go back again if there's any little areas that need refining with a fine Also you want to make sure that the corners are already carved out. Sometimes these are overlooked and you have them sort of like sticking out and they will print if they're not cleaned up. So just take a few moments to clean up the corners before preparing to print