Cat's Eye Carving

The Compass Rose.

You’ll be pleased to hear that the Compass Rose is now complete. Due to frosts after it was put in in March, the resin on the coat of arms failed and I had to remove it, this took some of the stone away and I needed to carve a replacement. In order to make the surface non-slip, I was advised to use a light dusting of clean dry play-pit sand, when this was wet, it looked fine, but over the several weeks that it took the resin to fail, the surface became dirty and horrible. This ruined the overall look of the carving.
In a way I was given a second chance, I decided to carve the replacement using an incised line, a v-cut around the edge of the coat of arms. I wanted to make the carving the best I could, but it wasn’t appropriate for the installation.

I am looking forward to what the next few months has in store, I’ll keep you up to date.