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coral feather March 26 DONE Mar 25, 2013 8:23:17 GMT -5

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Post by kk on Mar 25, 2013 8:23:17 GMT -5

Hi everyone, hope you all have a nice week ahead.

For me the holidays have started (its great to work at school) and will have at least 5 or 6 days home alone. ;D ;D So lots of time to endulge in some carvings.

Have several themes lined up, but before I cut into the disdero, I need some rather specific practice.

So, first up is a set of coral feathers.

So far so good, but now comes the fun and frustrating part of the challenge. Rough cut it looks good (save needing some reshaping), but as soon as sanding starts the problem becomes obvious (pictures dry and wet).

By now I'm at 1500 grid paper, it got a nice overall shine even without actual polishing, yet all the texture, save the center-line has been sanded out, and even the center-line is hard to see because the coral has a texture that is to strong for soft lines.

Now the challenge will be redoing the texture just deep enough to survive sanding and polish and strong enough to be actually seen, yet soft enough to represent a feather.

Should be fun to experiment wit directional sanding and polish........

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FrogAndBearCreations gets rocks for Christmas Member since April 2010 Posts: 5,665	coral feather March 26 DONE Mar 25, 2013 8:50:47 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by FrogAndBearCreations on Mar 25, 2013 8:50:47 GMT -5 Coming along nicely!
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Deleted Deleted Member Member since January 1970 Posts: 0	coral feather March 26 DONE Mar 25, 2013 11:19:47 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2013 11:19:47 GMT -5 Looking good Kurt. I am sure you will figure it out. But some stone just will not show texture without exaggerating the lines. Good luck and happy vacation. Jim

kk has started giving rock gifts What a precious privilege it is to be alive- to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. Member since October 2011 Posts: 3,223	coral feather March 26 DONE Mar 25, 2013 17:50:31 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kk on Mar 25, 2013 17:50:31 GMT -5 Thanks guys, The base texture is too strong, but I should be able to exaggerate the edges to the extend that the continuation of those exaggerations are more presumed than visual.
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coral feather March 26 DONE Mar 25, 2013 20:58:40 GMT -5

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Post by talkingstones on Mar 25, 2013 20:58:40 GMT -5

Yeah... I was going to say something about the texture of the stone getting lost. That was the thing that drew me into this piece when it was slab...as well as the color variance within the texture. I'm interested to see how you come out with this !!! Enjoy!

Cathy

jamesp Cave Dweller Member since October 2012 Posts: 36,603	coral feather March 26 DONE Mar 25, 2013 21:57:17 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jamesp on Mar 25, 2013 21:57:17 GMT -5 Beyond art,brave project.

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coral feather March 26 DONE Mar 26, 2013 3:59:33 GMT -5

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Post by kk on Mar 26, 2013 3:59:33 GMT -5

OK, so after erasing all the artificial textures during sanding, I tried today again.

After the re-cutting, I went straight to the 1200 grid paper and then used some silicon-paste on soft cloth-burrs. After that 50k diamond-paste on felt and some soft leather to finish up.

The valleys of the groves are not fully polished, but that seems to be the only way to get some visible contrast against the natural texture of the coral.

OK now its time to move on to the actual holiday-project.

I was planing to do it Jadeite, but the coral showed me that I need more practice in getting contrasts. So I decided to do two pieces at the same time, one in jade and one in a more translucent singular color that is closer to a project intended for next month (with Warrens Disdero).

So today I cut the canvas in preparation

Best regards, Kurt

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jason12x12 freely admits to licking rocks Member since October 2011 Posts: 798	coral feather March 26 DONE Mar 26, 2013 5:26:59 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jason12x12 on Mar 26, 2013 5:26:59 GMT -5 you really made it work.. very impressed
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talkingstones has started giving rock gifts we moved Member since July 2011 Posts: 3,139	coral feather March 26 DONE Mar 26, 2013 8:00:55 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by talkingstones on Mar 26, 2013 8:00:55 GMT -5 Look at that!!! Wow Kurt, you kept the color and texture and yet got the feathering too. Excellent work and a beautiful piece!!!! Cathy

rockingthenorth fully equipped rock polisher Member since January 2012 Posts: 1,637	coral feather March 26 DONE Mar 26, 2013 11:13:10 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockingthenorth on Mar 26, 2013 11:13:10 GMT -5 great looking feathers
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coral feather March 26 DONE Mar 26, 2013 17:54:53 GMT -5

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Post by kk on Mar 26, 2013 17:54:53 GMT -5

Thank you, its fun to just experiment.

While once in a while something turns sour, overall, I must say that most experiments work out relatively well and sometimes you get something really wonderful (like the Tiger Lilly last time).

I keep experimenting, because even if I only get 2 or three pieces a year that I really like, they make it all worthwhile.

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jamesp Cave Dweller Member since October 2012 Posts: 36,603	coral feather March 26 DONE Mar 28, 2013 4:22:23 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jamesp on Mar 28, 2013 4:22:23 GMT -5 Fine craftsmen you are.