Post by kk on Jan 7, 2012 21:03:01 GMT -5
Bittersweet Montana
Now there is a trouble at its best. A 3 week conundrum has finally worn out my patience. Started out with an idea of creating some beeswax and planned to create a bee later. After realizing yet again as to how poor my drawing skills are, I struggled getting a proper even seized wax-design. Once done I cut it out, and promptly the whole slab fell apart.
Picking up the pieces, I decided to try my hand at two different styles and shapes just for practice. Had a heck of a time with getting and working the negative areas. Eventually disaster struck yet again in a careless moment, and swept the drop-shape of the table onto a tile floor. Naturally in broke right through the middle.
The second shape progressed slowly (it took me more than two weeks) along the first, but at least remained in one piece.
So after considering the time already invested, I decided to give the drop a try and glued it together to see if it would be worthwhile to get the Hxtal out. Alas, the break is too easy to see, so I did not finish digging out the honey-drop running down as planned, and just finished off the cab with a reasonable finish at all positive surfaces. It would have been my favorite between those two, but now; it’s a keeper only in serving as example for future projects.
The second cab worked out reasonably well, but still could use another week of small-scale sanding to really make it presentable. Maybe some other time, have run out of patience for it and want to start something new. LOL
And finally the best shots this morning:
By the end of the day it becomes painfully clear that the sword was a one off. I got lucky the way it worked out and the pictures where nice too. Now its catch up time, its time to really learn to produce cabs in that quality at all times. That in turn means that it is going to take substantially longer to finish every cab.
Thanks for looking and have a great weekend, Kurt
Now there is a trouble at its best. A 3 week conundrum has finally worn out my patience. Started out with an idea of creating some beeswax and planned to create a bee later. After realizing yet again as to how poor my drawing skills are, I struggled getting a proper even seized wax-design. Once done I cut it out, and promptly the whole slab fell apart.
Picking up the pieces, I decided to try my hand at two different styles and shapes just for practice. Had a heck of a time with getting and working the negative areas. Eventually disaster struck yet again in a careless moment, and swept the drop-shape of the table onto a tile floor. Naturally in broke right through the middle.
The second shape progressed slowly (it took me more than two weeks) along the first, but at least remained in one piece.
So after considering the time already invested, I decided to give the drop a try and glued it together to see if it would be worthwhile to get the Hxtal out. Alas, the break is too easy to see, so I did not finish digging out the honey-drop running down as planned, and just finished off the cab with a reasonable finish at all positive surfaces. It would have been my favorite between those two, but now; it’s a keeper only in serving as example for future projects.
The second cab worked out reasonably well, but still could use another week of small-scale sanding to really make it presentable. Maybe some other time, have run out of patience for it and want to start something new. LOL
And finally the best shots this morning:
By the end of the day it becomes painfully clear that the sword was a one off. I got lucky the way it worked out and the pictures where nice too. Now its catch up time, its time to really learn to produce cabs in that quality at all times. That in turn means that it is going to take substantially longer to finish every cab.
Thanks for looking and have a great weekend, Kurt
