Cutting up meat

8ft x 4ft piece of birch plywood. Carving mostly with reciprocating carver plus some hand gouges.

Starting to cut:

Pig carcass drawn in red acrylic wash and black ink before carving begins. Dexter and Zuzu to scale.

And

After a few days worth of cutting, almost done:

Uncooperative Zuzu refuses to pose calmly. Does not share artist's enthusiasm for carving fake meat

Reciprocating carver or gouge, is a wrist/hand/arm saver.

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