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Rock Art => Carvings and Sculptures => Topic started by: southerly on December 16, 2016, 10:29:57 PM
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This is one of 'those' projects where I started, got stuck and had on the desk for a couple of years as I worked out how to attack it. It is one of a few projects I have finished up lately, they are far from perfect but it was nice to finish with something. This is a Christmas present for my daughter, she is twenty but loves whimsical things. The stone is pancawarna jasper from Indonesia, it is a mixture of mud, copper, opal and hard chalcedony with a range of hardnesses to match. Size is roughly 3.5in x 2.5in. Not yet a unicorn, will post pictures of that after Christmas.
Original slab
(https://c7.staticflickr.com/1/612/31656949886_f900c1fb1e_k.jpg)
Marked up and ready to start
(https://c3.staticflickr.com/1/559/30852106514_47f08e996e_k.jpg)
In progress
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/751/31547457912_60d1cf50a7_k.jpg)
Finished, all but the white jadeite horn, the eye in black nephrite from Cowell, South Australia and about 1.1mm across.
(https://c4.staticflickr.com/1/767/31693745555_65826d795d_k.jpg)
Now with horn.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/664/32190420221_1459a23f2e_k.jpg)
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Nice. :icon_thumleft:
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I envy you your carving ability. It's looking good and will be awesome once you have the horn on there! Looking forward to seeing it finished. :icon_sunny:
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That's really good and anatomically correct, I am so wanting one!!!
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That is awesome!
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Great work! The highlight on the face works really well. What did you use for the eye, out of interest?
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Black nephrite jade from Cowell in South Australia, it is a tiny cab about 2mm in diameter, which was an interesting challenge to cut.
David
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Wonderful work on the layout of the piece on the original slab.
Question: what are the tools of choice for carving
#1 the veining of the mane.
#2 carving down the negative space all around the image, the background. :icon_scratch:
Thanks.
John
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Hi John,
For the mane I use tiny disc burs, I have some smaller ones now and can do more detailed work than this piece (see the fishing fly) however I still need to sort out the sanding and polishing without loosing the detail, more to learn, yipee.
For the outline I use large squat cylinders and use it as if it was a router bit to cut out the rock around the raised parts.
I may post a pic of the bits in the morning.
David
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Thanks David, your description makes good sense, I can see what you are talking about. Then there's the part about new learning...I second the YIPEE!!
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Great design and skill shown in this carving David, great outcome with the fine detail, thats the challenging part.
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Now with horn.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/664/32190420221_1459a23f2e_k.jpg)
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Awesome, you picked a perfect stone to pull that off.
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Wow, that's awesome. Only 1 question (don't hate me) -- aren't unicorn horns spiral?
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Wow, that's awesome. Only 1 question (don't hate me) -- aren't unicorn horns spiral?
Not this one, though I did thing of that. Next time.
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I know someone that would love that piece. She LOVES unicorns. Any unicorn lover would love that piece.
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Wow, that's awesome. Only 1 question (don't hate me) -- aren't unicorn horns spiral?
Depends on the subspecies: Monokeros spiralatiformis has twisted (spiral) horns whereas latiformis is just plain, like the last one I saw! :WEEEE:
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A friend said I was deluding myself, I almost fell off my unicorn!
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Never saw that one. What a superb piece and stunning use of material.
Still got a few pieces from Daniel, just would wish he where around more often.
He had the best Pawancawara. Things offered these days are not as interesting.
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James Thurber's unicorn had a spiral horn according to the illustration in my favorite Thurber story:
http://english.glendale.cc.ca.us/unicorn1.html