I'm carving these 2 seals in Maple (yuck!) and they're 10.5" diameter.
One trick here for something involved like the wreath is to make a photo copy and using a simple glue stick adhere it to the carving and just carve through it rather than trying to trace it all.
Using my fingers for general scale you can guesstimate the sizes involved . Though only roughed in at this point the berries were started using a piece of brass tubing as if cutting plugs.
Relief carvings of figures is always an interesting change of pace from architectural pieces. In such shallow depths it's challenging at times to have the figures appear in depth and dimension where that really doesn't exist.
For reference I keep referring back to a coin. So little variations in carving depth yet so much can be shown to realistic effect .
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