Alien Cocoon

After attempting a few carvings depicting known shapes, there where some friends who raised their voices, directing me back to something that I usually do well and like; namely contemporary freestyle with a few twists.

Now after finding out that I had found some material here in Hong Kong that might be suitable to be cut and polished, I had to try something befitting its relative uniqueness as lapidary material. LOL



Cut off the test-polished section, and set out with the idea of something kite-shaped to accommodate most of the colored sections.

The only real challenge / requirements though, where to maximize the surface area and minimize the overall weight. So, as some of you already know, I just sit down and start to cut and grind without any real plan and let it go whichever way it leads.

Here is what came out of it:
Indoor


At the door natural light early evening (no sun in sight since days):


The top is done completely, but the back still needs a little work-over (need to go back to 600grid paper) and erase some mistakes and then fully polish it up.

Now the question remains, what material is that? Chert has been suggested. Flint too, but I'm pretty sure its not Flint.