Sweet potatoes for fun

[Blinky Bill]

G'day All,
after seeing recent posts about carving Yams and Sweet potatoes, I found half of a large sweet potato in the fridge and decided to give it a try. The example shown measures 5 inches high by 3½ inches wide. I used Thomps' method of inserting several bamboo skewers in the bottom of the carving to assist drying and it worked well. Sweet potato people do not age well

[Blinky Bill]

Three weeks later and he became elderly she lol...and now measures 3 inches high by 2 inches wide
Regards
J

[jmischel]

That's great, John. Just three weeks to dry, huh?

I have Tom Wolfe's yam carving book. Just haven't taken the time yet to carve one up.

[Dull Knife]

Originally Posted by Blinky Bill

G'day All,
after seeing recent posts about carving Yams and Sweet potatoes, I found half of a large sweet potato in the fridge and decided to give it a try. The example shown measures 5 inches high by 3½ inches wide. I used Thomps' method of inserting several bamboo skewers in the bottom of the carving to assist drying and it worked well. Sweet potato people do not age well

I did a couple, a few weeks ago. Haven't had time to paint them yet. But, as you said, they do not age well, and I'm not so sure that I will do any more. I see that I will have some work to get them ready to paint....after hanging around for a couple of weeks in my garage. One is soooo ugly, he could make a freight train take a dirt road.