Looking for some bone carving advice/pointers! - Other Crafts

P Paipo Member Aotearoa / NZ Joined: Jun 22, 2006 Posts: 1886	P Paipo Posted posted on Thu, Aug 24, 2006 5:53 PM Also, you had mentioned carving stone, what stone do you carve, and comparativly how much harder is it than the bone I've been using? I carve pebbles I get from my local beaches - the one I mainly use is greywacke, which is a very hard sandstone mainly composed of quartz. It's harder and the tools are diamond instead of tungsten, but the technique is pretty much the same, except you can't use gravers or hand tools. You can check out stuff on the stone, tools and techniques I use here: http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=20008&forum=7&120 Do you have a flexshaft and pencil handpiece for your dremel? They're pretty useful for bonecarving. Looks like you're off to a good start. It's pity kaha ki'i isn't around anymore - he specialised in bone and ivory hooks and his binding and cord work was superb. Have a look for some of his threads using the search function.

Also, you had mentioned carving stone, what stone do you carve, and comparativly how much harder is it than the bone I've been using?

I carve pebbles I get from my local beaches - the one I mainly use is greywacke, which is a very hard sandstone mainly composed of quartz. It's harder and the tools are diamond instead of tungsten, but the technique is pretty much the same, except you can't use gravers or hand tools. You can check out stuff on the stone, tools and techniques I use here:
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=20008&forum=7&120

Do you have a flexshaft and pencil handpiece for your dremel? They're pretty useful for bonecarving. Looks like you're off to a good start. It's pity kaha ki'i isn't around anymore - he specialised in bone and ivory hooks and his binding and cord work was superb. Have a look for some of his threads using the search function.

Post #250579 by Paipo on Thu, Aug 24, 2006 5:53 PM