Pumpkin Head Toltec Man

I was looking at some Einsturzende Neubauten merchandise and quite liked their Toltec man logo, with Halloween coming up I thought I might use the man design in a decoration and this is my result.

Materials

Piece of wood 8.5 cm wide 20.5 cm long 1.7cm wide

Cardboard template 

Tools

Power drill and 4mm bit

Coping saw

Bandsaw

Belt sander

Sandpaper

I used a reference photo from the internet and drew out my design on a piece of cardboard salvaged from some packaging.

I cut out the design using a craft knife but forgot the face.

I used my template to size up a few pieces of scrapwood before finding one suitable then drew around the template onto the wood. As I had forgotten to cut out the face I sketched the design onto the wood.

My thinking was to cut out the face before the body with the excess material ensuring the head would not snap off.

I drilled a series of holes around the inside of the face and used a coping saw to cut it out.

I used a bandsaw to cut out the rest of the body starting with the legs, arms, neck and finally the head.

I used a belt sander to smooth the front and back faces of the wood.

I finished off the sanding by hand.