Expert Mira KPop Jack-O-Lantern With Curved Blade

From pumpkin to porch

1. 1

   Hollow and plan all four connections

   Cut a back opening and hollow to a consistent 1 inch throughout. Sketch all four structural connection zones on the front face in chalk before transferring: lower base root, upper hair frame connection, blade handle at the hand, and blade tip at the upper rim. Confirm every connection is at least 1.5 cm wide.

2. 2

   Expert design transfer

   Transfer the complete design with a stylus using three perforation patterns: solid for cutouts (arch windows and eye holes), dashes for mid-depth scoring, and dots for fine texture. Mark all four structural connection zones explicitly with a permanent marker so they are impossible to accidentally cut through.

3. 3

   Cut the arch windows

   Remove all arch background sections in small pieces, starting furthest from the connections and working inward. Stop 5 mm short of each connection zone, clear all other sections, then return to cut the connection-adjacent areas last using very short controlled strokes.

4. 4

   Cut the eye openings and blade

   Cut the face eye holes within the retained bust, then cut the curved blade as a fully open shape, preserving both the handle and rim connections. Cut the blade from its center outward toward both connection ends rather than from one end to the other.

5. 5

   Engrave the portrait and costume detail

   Using a Dremel ball-tip bit for organic face texture and a V-gouge for linear costume and hair details, work the full engraving pass across the retained bust. Begin at the outer face edges and work inward. The flowing hair scoring uses long curved strokes following the hair direction, while the costume uses defined channel lines.

6. 6

   Light and present

   Place a warm diffuse LED inside and evaluate the full composition from six feet away. All arch windows and eye holes should blaze at full brightness while the portrait glows softly. Photograph from a slight distance so the arch framing and the curved blade are both visible in the same frame.

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