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Rock Art => Carvings and Sculptures => Topic started by: auscarver on June 17, 2017, 01:37:50 PM

Title: Mobius flower star
Post by: auscarver on June 17, 2017, 01:37:50 PM

I started this little carving back in 2015, finally decided to give it a polish, its pyroxmangite a polymorph of rhodonite, very much like working jadeite.

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Post by: 55fossil on June 17, 2017, 03:12:30 PM

    way cool and beautiful

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Post by: lithicbeads on June 17, 2017, 05:51:51 PM

 Strangely luscious, thanks.

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Post by: Enchantra on June 17, 2017, 08:45:29 PM

Reminds me of candy from my childhood - that color of a berry creamsickle.  Gorgeous!

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Post by: hummingbirdstones on June 17, 2017, 08:56:47 PM

Indeed!  It looks good enough to eat.  Beautiful!   :icon_sunny:

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Post by: auscarver on June 18, 2017, 02:18:04 AM

Thanks for the great comments, part of the joy I get from carving is sharing my work.

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Post by: edgarscale on June 18, 2017, 11:59:32 AM

amazing piece of work, kudos

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Post by: ToTheSummit on June 18, 2017, 12:58:16 PM

What a great piece!  The stone is excellent, the finish is stellar, and the shape is fantasctic.  The curved 5-point star on the outside, the nice pentagonal hole through the center, the mobius shape to give it that extra ka-pow.  Love this one!

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Post by: southerly on June 19, 2017, 01:22:43 AM

I have seen this in real life, it is awesome work as always from Michael. I recently spent a weekend with Michael and he willingly shared his knowledge to help with a carving I have in progress, thanks Michael.

David

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Post by: allan on June 19, 2017, 12:29:34 PM

Beautiful! What types of tools does one use to begin carving stones, if you don't mind me asking?

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Post by: irockhound on June 19, 2017, 09:14:24 PM

I always love your carvings.  This one I think is my favorite of all so far.  Absolutely stunning work there!!!!

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Post by: auscarver on June 20, 2017, 02:38:33 AM

I get as much pleasure reading the comments as I do carving a piece like this, next time I carve this will be in some quality nephrite jade, recently received some very bright Ukon Canadian jade, may also be a great candidate for my little fish shape, Like most carvers I use a flex shaft hand piece, also a small air rotary tool for the finer work, I hand sand and polish most carvings. Sometimes I polish with oxides, Linde A on jade with leather in a small bench laythe or my flex shaft handpiece, recently tried high grade cerium oxide on opal with some hard felt points, great results, better than diamond.

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Post by: ileney on June 20, 2017, 06:26:01 AM

This is yummy!

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Post by: Gergis on June 20, 2017, 08:12:51 AM

Quote from: Enchantra on June 17, 2017, 08:45:29 PM

Reminds me of candy from my childhood - that color of a berry creamsickle.  Gorgeous!

Now I want popsicles! What an awesome color indeed!

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