Montgomery’s speech is to be carved on the flat face of the beech log; my plan is to have some of the words carved into the wood, and others to be in relief and raised from the surface. The word “freedom” will stand out further from the rest.
I had to therefore work backwards from the word “freedom”, and level the background which leads up to where the lamp housing the Freedom Flame will sit.
“Freedom” roughed out, and the “path” up to the lamp is shaped. That’s not the real lamp, it’s my stand-in!