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Rock Art => Carvings and Sculptures => Topic started by: wampidy on January 04, 2015, 05:10:17 AM

Title: T-egg carving or something like that.
Post by: wampidy on January 04, 2015, 05:10:17 AM

A friend on another forum sent some T-eggs to me so I could more or less carve them. The whole truth is that I am just removing the matrix so I can polish the agate in it's natural form.

So far things have not gone well but I am just getting started on the lower end of the learning curve. I was hoping that I could do most of it with hammer and chisel but I went to far and broke the first one.

Got quite a bit removed from two of the eggs.
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h375/wampidy/Rocks/P3020002.jpg) (http://s1106.photobucket.com/user/wampidy/media/Rocks/P3020002.jpg.html)

The first one that broke. It had a lot more matrix than what I thought.
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h375/wampidy/Rocks/P3020004.jpg) (http://s1106.photobucket.com/user/wampidy/media/Rocks/P3020004.jpg.html)

(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h375/wampidy/Rocks/P3020005.jpg) (http://s1106.photobucket.com/user/wampidy/media/Rocks/P3020005.jpg.html)

Holding the agate together. It has one side that is perfectly flat.
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h375/wampidy/Rocks/P3020008.jpg) (http://s1106.photobucket.com/user/wampidy/media/Rocks/P3020008.jpg.html)
Two halves.
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h375/wampidy/Rocks/P3020009.jpg) (http://s1106.photobucket.com/user/wampidy/media/Rocks/P3020009.jpg.html)

Second one. Chipped the agate in a couple of places before I stopped.
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h375/wampidy/Rocks/P3020012.jpg) (http://s1106.photobucket.com/user/wampidy/media/Rocks/P3020012.jpg.html)
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h375/wampidy/Rocks/P3020011.jpg) (http://s1106.photobucket.com/user/wampidy/media/Rocks/P3020011.jpg.html)

Guess I gunna halfta work on my patience just a bit. Next I will try making slices with the rotary then chip pieces off. I would like to try one of the little chisels that attaches to the rotary but they are pretty expensive and will have to come later.

Not sure when I will get back to it because that much rotary will require outside work.
Jim

Title: Re: T-egg carving or something like that.
Post by: Enchantra on January 04, 2015, 10:07:08 AM

Removing the Matrix might go a bit easier if you grind it off with a rotary tool. 
Chipping away the Matrix runs to much of a risk of breaking the agate.  Now if you used micro chisels and barely tapped the hammer to them you MIGHT be able to get by not using a rotary tool.  I have micro chisels for carving wood, cured polymer clay and metal clay before it's fired.  They are stainless steel and that might be something you would want to invest in.

Title: Re: T-egg carving or something like that.
Post by: drnihili on January 04, 2015, 10:09:23 AM

It looks like you're getting the hang of it.