Post by kk on Jan 21, 2012 23:39:05 GMT -5
Here is my answer to the chicken or egg question. lol15
Dino bone from the same slab as the squid earlier this week.
Had a lot more problems with that one as things continued to crumble and fall off, as well as cracks and folds turned up in unexpected places ( my inexperience with the material might have something to do with it too).
Was concentrating on the squid too much, so I don't have pictures of the rough or pre-shape. So here are some of the cutting stages:
Following some mishap on the front Wing, I attempted to keep the carving as shallow as possible:
In the end the difference between the top of the front wing, head and crown/horn and the inner curve of the back-wing is 1.4mm.
Inndoors:
Outdoors
Meeting of destinies (found that little fella behind a flower-pot):
And finally my favorite shot (no sun today)
Lots of pictures as it is hard to get the contours. Looks fantastic at hand but pictures thus far are a bit of a letdown.
The style of cutting is new to me, but I think it should be something I will be investing more time to explore.
Thanks for looking, have a great weekend.
Dino bone from the same slab as the squid earlier this week.
Had a lot more problems with that one as things continued to crumble and fall off, as well as cracks and folds turned up in unexpected places ( my inexperience with the material might have something to do with it too).
Was concentrating on the squid too much, so I don't have pictures of the rough or pre-shape. So here are some of the cutting stages:
Following some mishap on the front Wing, I attempted to keep the carving as shallow as possible:
In the end the difference between the top of the front wing, head and crown/horn and the inner curve of the back-wing is 1.4mm.
Inndoors:
Outdoors
Meeting of destinies (found that little fella behind a flower-pot):
And finally my favorite shot (no sun today)
Lots of pictures as it is hard to get the contours. Looks fantastic at hand but pictures thus far are a bit of a letdown.
The style of cutting is new to me, but I think it should be something I will be investing more time to explore.
Thanks for looking, have a great weekend.
