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Monday, June 1st, 2009
Well here she is from start to finish,
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This carving has taken about 8wks, however it was carved over a period of 3mths.
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Portland limestone is incredibly hard, around the bottom of the sculpture there are some large oyster shell fossils and on the side there is a fossil ...
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Some photos of the quarry where I get my slate.
This is on the North coast of Cornwall, not far from Tintagel!!
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Friday, February 20th, 2009
I am sorry that it has been a while since I last put up a new post, but I hope that you all had a good Christmas and New Year. I am certainly looking forward to this year.
I have been quite busy, which is very good. I have been working on ...
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
Well here they are, the final photos of my stone carving of my Art Nouveau style woman.
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As you can see, the final stages are about creating more depth within the stone carving and refining features.
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I use for this are the small tungsten carbide chisels for this, However it is at this stage ...
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Saturday, September 13th, 2008
I have found myself falling quite by accident into an Art Nouveau style of carving, with my ladies and their long flowing hair, the idea of carving a feeling, not necessarily a perfectly formed human figure. However I hope I never carve anything disturbing.
From this I have decided to follow this ...
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