Introducing: the as of yet unnamed violin

Well, we'll start off with step one in the process of Violin making then shall we? Ok there are several hundred steps and this one will be after many many steps have already been taken. It's pretty crazy what you have to do to make a violin...as of mid september, this is what it looked like:
To understand what you're looking at...basically there are three things to this picture (plus some more) So...you have the form of the violin...the thing with all the holes in it is the mold we're using. For those interested: it's a 1715 Stradivarius style violin, then there's the metal part, which will explain more about the third thing and that is the blocks (the little wooden pieces in various corners. Something cool...so you see that the metal pice lines out pretty well with the blocks...in the C look area (called the c bout) you use the template to match the blocks that you carve...just some random info on building a violin for you
Close up of my prettily carved c bout...it's not quite looking like a violin yet is it? ...ok, well it has the shape of one, but remember...the mold doesn't really exist, all it is right now is 6 blocks of wood.

The holes in the mold are where you put the tops of the clamps for when you glue in the sides.