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Post by kk on May 25, 2015 20:22:41 GMT -5
This months challenge was creating a geometric design with straight lines, but no one defined what we could do within those outlines. Stichite in Serpentine from Tasmania, send by a friend in Tasmania to try out  Very soft material to work with (I suppose Soapstone like), but solid and very compact to about a mm thickness.  Originally, I planed to use Sodalite for this project, but the intriguing mixture of colours here won out, and fortunately went ahead with this one.  As always, still room to improve, but no more time before the death-line, so this will have to do. Thanks for looking, Kurt |
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Post by gingerkid on May 26, 2015 7:44:03 GMT -5
Outstanding octopus carving, kk! How did you remove the stichtite in serpentine material from around its legs, head and the octagon-shaped frame? |
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Post by kk on May 26, 2015 7:47:05 GMT -5
Outstanding octopus carving, kk! How did you remove the stichtite in serpentine material from around its legs, head and the octagon-shaped frame?  ?? This is very soft material. Dremel, burrs and cutting-blade. This is one piece.  |
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Post by vegasjames on May 26, 2015 10:04:33 GMT -5
Fantastic work.
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Post by snowmom on May 27, 2015 5:44:42 GMT -5
beautiful!
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Post by Fossilman on May 27, 2015 17:53:57 GMT -5
I say YES! Beautiful work!
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Post by Rockoonz on May 27, 2015 21:00:43 GMT -5
Outstanding carving Kurt. The contests like that are the one thing I miss about that FB group.
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Post by Joe on May 27, 2015 21:57:33 GMT -5
Awesome craftsmanship!
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Post by kk on May 27, 2015 23:10:46 GMT -5
Outstanding carving Kurt. The contests like that are the one thing I miss about that FB group. Come on in over. We started an intependent page especially for getting all lapidarists involved in a monthly challenge. Still have to improve the format as we suddenly got some outstanding carvers partaking, scaring the canbers off.  You can find us under Lapidary Challenge. Any natural material and any style goes. Numbers are small for now, but quality is good. |
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Post by jamesp on May 28, 2015 14:17:42 GMT -5
Your collection must be awesome. Trade ya 500 pounds of tumbles |
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Post by Thunder69 on May 30, 2015 7:59:43 GMT -5
That is awesome Kurt....John
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Post by verhexen on Oct 2, 2015 11:50:45 GMT -5
Prettiest octopus I've ever seen!
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Post by paulshiroma on Oct 5, 2015 21:26:34 GMT -5
Great job, Kurt! Looks like my kind of icon!
Paul
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Post by Noosh9057 on Oct 6, 2015 6:47:29 GMT -5
Yes that is very good work.
Roger
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Post by kk on Oct 9, 2015 10:38:11 GMT -5
Thank you all for the kind comments. Got some new material from Tasmania. But is softer, so I don't know yet if it will work out. Should have something to show within a week or so (fail or not ) |
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?? This is very soft material. Dremel, burrs and cutting-blade. This is one piece. 
