BETTER BUT NOT BY MUCH

You are looking at a green mango at 'rebirth' at the top, after being manipulated by yours truly. It is not an easy task, at least not for me, to get here. It took 5+ hours today, at the end of which I was seeing doubles, and my neck & back hurt. It is not age since everyone felt the same after 2-days of carving drills. At the bottom are turnips, cut to size, before being transformed into 4-layer carnations, red ink is used to color. I can only claim 50% contribution as they get to look 'picture perfect' after a series of final trims from Oil, my lovely instructor whom I have huge respect. She handled her first vegetable/fruit only 5 years ago, as a student, imagine!