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Rock Art => Carvings and Sculptures => Topic started by: auscarver on October 30, 2017, 10:59:51 PM
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I want to share my latest shell in progress, its Lightning ridge opal, the opposite side to my other carving, also a better picture of my original carving taken with a new camera, heaps better quality, opal is a pain to photograph, I may need to do a course to improve my pictures but that would take me away doing what I like best, carving rocks.
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Looking good! :icon_sunny:
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really nice. do you carve stone and wood also?
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Thanks Robin & Edgarscale, only carve gemstone, I have a property covered in wood, I may try it one day.
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Michael:
Looking really good. I've been carving a lot of shells lately, too... great minds? I've only been using lowly quartz, citrine and amethyst. Opal is nicer.
Debbie K
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Thanks Debbie, been a while since we have talked, there are so many designs and shapes in shells, I always try to give them my own custom design.
Auscarver- Michael & Margie.
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Micheal, out of curiosity, what size is that carving? I may dig around in my rough jars and try my hand at carving something. It won't be anywhere near what you, Debbie and Kurt manage, but one has to start somewhere, right? :icon_sunny:
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Hi Robin, My bottom finished shell is 47x 35 mm around 10mm thick, the top one is around 43 x 30mm aprox 8mm thick, finding reasonable priced opal is very difficult.
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Opal prices have gone berserk. Luckily, Vince and I have some stashed away that we've been hoarding for years. There are some mediocre ones laying around that I can practice on before I tackle some better quality. :icon_sunny: