Post #151638 by Aaron's Akua on Thu, Apr 7, 2005 9:37 PM

Yeah Flick - that's feather rock for sure. I've read up on it a bit. They say to stay away from the pieces with pink ribbons running through it. Those veins are really hard. The light grey/dark grey pieces are way easier to sculpt. Like me, it's dirt cheap. 22 cents a pound was about what I paid I think and that's what attracted me to it for carving. I just wanted to try out a small piece, but was dreaming of doing a huge Aku Aku Easter Island head with it. But that's a pretty big piece. MAybe someday, who knows.

I recently saw an ad in "Skymall" magazine for planters made from feather rock. Basically someone hollowed out a piece & put some dirt & a plant in it, then marked it up about 10,000%. Not a bad idea, really, because this rock retains water like crazy. When I hit it with the grinder disc the surface turned to volcanic mush because it had been sitting out in the rain.

Lokking forward to those pix...