Another very cool photo essay! My husband carves and I'm always amazed at how he can take a block of wood and figure out how the grain will run in his carving, so that he will get the concentric circles of the wood to wind-up in the bowl of a spoon or on the belly of a deer. Everything has to be planned, step by step, as you are doing with this. You are so patient and skilled. I could never hope to do something like this, but really enjoy watching your process.