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[Asianfire]

Tried the same basic design on two very different material, and the outcome is quite different.
First up the project that you have seen already. Done by now, save the need for more clean-up.
Still trying to figure that one out.
From the beginning,....


.... to the finish-line (for now)


And the second project that went alongside
Sodalite


To the finish


My Easter project was the amber: And the experiment is nearly done. Need to figure out how to clean them up. Fascit: While very heat-sensitive, still reasonable to work with once it comes to detailing. Does allow giving form, but with my way of sanding looses edges very quickly and everything is round. Bought it for its purported blue colour, something that is there, but not at the extend to my liking. So, in the end, a very nice material to experiment and get experience with amber, at an affordable price.


Not as blue as I would have liked it.


Thanks for looking, Kurt

[hummingbirdstones]

Kurt, I remember reading years ago on a very old lapidary list-serve that some people would polish their amber cabs on their jeans.  Literally just rub the cab on their jean legs and the heat would polish it. What if you tried something similar with some fabric wrapped around a dental pic or some other similar tool?

I like both - but the sodalite is much easier to see, in pictures anyway.   

[Asianfire]

Kurt, I remember reading years ago on a very old lapidary list-serve that some people would polish their amber cabs on their jeans.  Literally just rub the cab on their jean legs and the heat would polish it. What if you tried something similar with some fabric wrapped around a dental pic or some other similar tool?

I like both - but the sodalite is much easier to see, in pictures anyway.   

Yeah, you remember right. That would work well on any cab (pretty much any rougher cloth would do)
The key is pressure, and putting pressure on tiny spots like the piece in the middle asks for disaster. :)
For the time being, I will try and try again 2000 to 5000 grid paper and hope to get there eventually.
Tried mineral oil and soaking overnight already.
Its not really dust, its more like smudges that have burned themselves on those locations.

[lithicbeads]

 I was telling someone about you today. I applaud how you have worked hard with your carving  and how wise you were to pick this form of lapidary considering you live in about the most crowded place in the world. It has been a true pleasure watching your work and adventures over the years , thanks for letting us share.

[Asianfire]

Thank you, its crowded, but I know places much worse than Hong Kong. 

Carving gives me the opportunity to shut everything out, yet still be here anytime family wishes to interact.
So its a near perfect solution at this time and place.   

[domdeslagons]

Always so nice to see your work, a good source of inspiration too!
Keeps reminding us, anything is possible!
 

[Asianfire]

Always so nice to see your work, a good source of inspiration too!
Keeps reminding us, anything is possible! 

Thank you sooo much, means more than you might realize, from a person of incredible imagination, such as yourself.

Funny, that you should bring this post up today.  There is another pair coming.
I'm just cleaning up the next amber piece, and I'm close to the final design of another Sodalite.