Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2012 19:36:09 GMT -5
Nice sunshiny day so I grabbed my hammer and chisel and went to work. I was trying to accomplish three things to start with. Get rid of a bunch of stone quickly, find a depth that would be close to center of her body and learn how this stone is going to carve.
I am going to have to round out her waist to find the correct depth because trying to eyeball it is not working. Going too far at this point is not a problem because I can always take a little off the shoulder (the nearest point) and be back on track. The main thing is to get an even depth all the way around so I have a point to work down to. Then it is just a matter of taking everything down to the correct depth and making it all pretty.
All I used today was a common wood chisel.
Jim
I figured out that I was way to shallow and somehow I had the water at a steep angle. Not sure how I managed to do that. Leveled up the water and went about 5/16" deeper all around. Things are going to slow way down now. The easy part is finished. lol
I am going to have to round out her waist to find the correct depth because trying to eyeball it is not working. Going too far at this point is not a problem because I can always take a little off the shoulder (the nearest point) and be back on track. The main thing is to get an even depth all the way around so I have a point to work down to. Then it is just a matter of taking everything down to the correct depth and making it all pretty.
All I used today was a common wood chisel.
Jim
I figured out that I was way to shallow and somehow I had the water at a steep angle. Not sure how I managed to do that. Leveled up the water and went about 5/16" deeper all around. Things are going to slow way down now. The easy part is finished. lol
