Post #314204 by kiwishaman on Thu, Jun 21, 2007 8:08 PM

Got myself some Aussie jade to try and practice on. Decided practicing on something that was not destined to become anything was a waste of time.

So here goes.

The jade

The piece I had cut off - then cracked while trying to slab it. I then bought a diamond blade to put on the drop saw, and did it properly.

Then I tried this

I put it away in my box of one :) untill I know how to remedy my errors.

I learnt that I need to draw something that comes through me, not from my head :)

Then I started working on a new piece, guided by my spirit guides. first I drew the image onto the stone, then I cut loose with the cut off wheel to remove excess jade. Next, out with the dremel tool. I ended with this after about 5 hours

Another 3 hours, and using the dremel tool at a slower speed

YOu can see that I have a bit of a tool ripple still. Do I just need to continue with the slow tooling to get rid of this? Can anyone tell me how I can now get rid of it?

That aussie jade doesnt seem to have any translucence :( .And MAN that stuff is hard!

Also, a question for Tama and Paipo, do you know what it is I have here?

I know it is pounamu - but can you tell what type?

and this

I think it is serpentine - Tangiwai?

Cheers - and thanks for looking :)

KS

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