chloey
having dreams about rocks
100% Natural Labradorite rock head!
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Post by chloey on Dec 5, 2012 20:27:52 GMT -5
My first attempt at carving Stone. It was inspired by a piece of scrap left over from cutting preforms that kind of reminded me a fish ;D I'm not really set up to carve, just used my old dremel tool, but seeing how nice labradorite was to work with, I may just be asking for some new tools for Christmas ;D  Chloey |
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Thunder69
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Post by Thunder69 on Dec 5, 2012 21:30:10 GMT -5
That is crazy...Hell of a job on your firsties...JOhn
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The Dad_Ohs
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Take me to your Labradorite!!
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Post by The Dad_Ohs on Dec 5, 2012 21:38:45 GMT -5
very cool & kinda abstract too ... I like it!!
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Post by FrogAndBearCreations on Dec 6, 2012 8:22:30 GMT -5
made a cool fish!
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Dec 6, 2012 15:52:14 GMT -5
It's a Cardinal Fish! Gorgeous Chloey!
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Post by helens on Dec 7, 2012 2:07:01 GMT -5
Awesome first carving Chloey!!! What an interesting subject!
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RockIt2Me
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Post by RockIt2Me on Dec 7, 2012 5:42:06 GMT -5
Wow...very nice and inspiring.
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rockingthenorth
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Post by rockingthenorth on Dec 7, 2012 13:40:44 GMT -5
Awesome!! for your first time it's great
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Dec 7, 2012 15:43:47 GMT -5
How big is it?
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Rockygibraltar
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Post by Rockygibraltar on Dec 7, 2012 18:09:52 GMT -5
Thats cool! The flash gives it life.
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Post by NatureNut on Dec 7, 2012 18:58:09 GMT -5
WOW!
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pporky
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Post by pporky on Dec 7, 2012 21:21:18 GMT -5
Great piece, I think you will be doing more carving.
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chloey
having dreams about rocks
100% Natural Labradorite rock head!
Member since July 2012
Posts: 52
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Post by chloey on Dec 7, 2012 21:27:23 GMT -5
It is about 2" long , I wish that I had taken a pic of the piece prior because I didn't change the shape at all, you can see where we cut out the tear drops from the slab  |
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Dec 7, 2012 21:49:01 GMT -5
Cool. I'm still only carving soapstone and alabaster. Labradorite would be totally sweet.
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Don
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Post by Don on Dec 7, 2012 23:05:19 GMT -5
Great job on that carving.
I tried carving labradorite a few times but it was a frustrating experience. every time I made a deep cut, the color disappeared. and polishing was a nightmare too. I guess I wasn't working a very good grade of material.
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riverrock
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Post by riverrock on Dec 8, 2012 8:45:45 GMT -5
That's one nice looking fish.
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Dora
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Post by Dora on Dec 9, 2012 0:17:47 GMT -5
If you can do that in your first attempt at carving you will be doing masterpieces very soon! Great looking fish!!!
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hubrocks
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Post by hubrocks on Dec 10, 2012 1:13:06 GMT -5
Nice Fish! carve on................Hub
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spokanetim
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Post by spokanetim on Dec 11, 2012 11:19:41 GMT -5
Nice job, keep at it. Labradorite can be tricky orienting the flash then it's also chippy. A trick I use when working lab is to keep Red Hot Stuff, it's really viscous super glue, handy. Hot stuff is able to get into all those micro-fractures holding it all together and will take a polish. I stabilize it frequently with the glue during the carve-out stage.
Tim
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chloey
having dreams about rocks
100% Natural Labradorite rock head!
Member since July 2012
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Post by chloey on Dec 11, 2012 11:42:48 GMT -5
Thank you everybody for all of you positive responses, and the tip Tim I will be trying some more when I get some time Chloey |
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