Drapery in shallow relief.

[Pan D.]

How do you do drapery on a shallow relief carving of a female in modern dress?

[Claude]

I have no idea of what the "correct" answer is, but what I'd do is have a woman wear sometiing similar and I'd take lots of photos of her from all sides.

Claude

[Mottles]

Hi Pan D. and welcome to WCI Message Board. It would be helpful if you could show us your pattern or image you are working from. If I were doing drapery/folds I'd used a v-gouge or even a viener tool, then use a knife or straight chisel to round the top of the folds. The v-gouge and viener would give you the peaks and valleys you need to make convincing drapery folds.
Someone else might have a different approach, but that would be the way I would do it.
Kathy

[Ron Davidson]

I think a veiner or parting tool would work also Kathy and a good undercut to form the shadows. You would want to also have a better description or picture. But welcome aboard I hope we can help.

Ron