new stone pieces and wood Tangaroa - Tiki Carving

G greentikipat Member st. pete fl Joined: Oct 08, 2006 Posts: 325	G greentikipat Posted posted on Fri, Aug 10, 2007 7:07 PM well folks, here's my first go at stone. like many other mediums, i wish i had started long ago when the urge first came up. but oh well, plenty of time still! love at first grind. with the wood carving and tattooing skills already in place, this seems to be a natural progression. here's some progress. these first two are the sketch that i drew last week some time. and here's after about four hours with the dremmel and cylindrical diamond tip. not shure what dia., but you get the scale in the last shot. there we are! finishing the shaping tonight, probably won't get to the polishing until later this weekend. i'll post more later. to all you stone carvers, MAHALO! i probably wouldn't have attempted this without your insperation.

well folks, here's my first go at stone. like many other mediums, i wish i had started long ago when the urge first came up. but oh well, plenty of time still! love at first grind. with the wood carving and tattooing skills already in place, this seems to be a natural progression. here's some progress.
these first two are the sketch that i drew last week some time.

and here's after about four hours with the dremmel and cylindrical diamond tip. not shure what dia., but you get the scale in the last shot.

there we are! finishing the shaping tonight, probably won't get to the polishing until later this weekend. i'll post more later. to all you stone carvers, MAHALO! i probably wouldn't have attempted this without your insperation.

Post #324788 by greentikipat on Fri, Aug 10, 2007 7:07 PM