Stone Sculpture Projects |
Stone Sculpture Projects |
Feb 11 2009, 03:51 PM
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Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 7,189 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 4 |
Seems most of the sculptures Im working on right now are smaller than a quarter.
Here is an example with this California Fire Agate bee in the works. Only his right wing is showing in this picture as size example. The wings still need to be attached, so it looks a bit like this still yet. Hopefully it will improve in time, and I wont snap a wing trying to put it all together. I think Im going to forward a few of the bigger projects I have in the works, and give my fingers a break.......hehe Have to love the challenge though right? -------------------- Education is the key to the future,
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Nov 30 2012, 12:09 PM
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Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 7,189 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 4 |
Thanks Russ! I'm still learning with every step but that is one of the fun parts of it. Dan keeps telling me I should be using the Dremel with the flex shaft for the more detailed work, but one slip with that and the mistake is alot deeper than it is with the hand files. The slip factor when starting a mark in the stone is a big pain. Looks like chicken scratch till I work the mark in deep enough. I have also been using a little leather piece to ride the blade against instead of my finger.
Here is a picture of the hand files, little diamonds and the Dremel burr that I will use to make the holes for it's eyes. Just a piece of the tip will be needed to accomplish that for the eyes to sit in. We will clean the Diamonds up and get closer pictures later. So far so good. Lots of fine tuning still yet before I move on to polishing it out. We are still looking through our collection for a specimen (base) of smokey Quartz crystals for the bird to nest in. Still rolling around ideas for what might look best, so any ideas or suggestions are welcome. -------------------- Education is the key to the future,
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