| Transferring designs to wood.
There are many ways of transferring designs to wood,here is one that just requires a small tool made up but will last you for years-
Find a small clock wheel and mount it into the end of a piece of dowel spacing out with tiny washers,use a nail or even pin for the bearing,make sure it runs freely.
To transfer the design to wood firstly draw around the design onto tracing paper,place this onto your cutting board and go around the design using the clock wheel tool,this will make small indentations into the tracing paper which is what we want,next lay the pricked paper onto the wood and with an artists pastel rub over the tiny holes,remove the tracing and the job is done,a quick spray with artists fixatif will lock the dots all ready to cut out the shape.
Dressmakers shops sometimes sell these wheels ready made up for tapestry kits.
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