Stone Carving: Q&A + Gallery... - Tiki Carving

T Tamapoutini Member Aotearoa (New Zealand) Joined: Aug 30, 2006 Posts: 1530	T Tamapoutini Posted posted on Wed, Sep 5, 2007 6:40 PM I see Paipo beat me to it. Yep, follow those lines... Not bad stone by the look of it, and with enough 'going on' to assist in your learning. Plenty of useable material there. It is obviously a good move to wham those large fractures down the middle to seperate into smaller blocks of clean stone. Once divvied in this manner, you can turn each piece over & once again try to 'read' the quality/structure. Marking major flaws with a pencil or pen (careful, some stone will absorb marker-pen & stain; esp more opaque/rinded stone..) can help when making chopping decisions. *Id bash that Klingon via a piece of wood; ie: lay a small piece of wood (say 1/2inch thick) over the K, a mm or so K-side of the flaw. Leave the K overhanging on a bench or similar and sharply tap the wood. This way the K wont be damaged by the hammer-stone. Knock that Kling-off! Be sure to show us the slabs!! Tama :)

I see Paipo beat me to it. Yep, follow those lines...

Not bad stone by the look of it, and with enough 'going on' to assist in your learning. Plenty of useable material there. It is obviously a good move to wham those large fractures down the middle to seperate into smaller blocks of clean stone. Once divvied in this manner, you can turn each piece over & once again try to 'read' the quality/structure. Marking major flaws with a pencil or pen (careful, some stone will absorb marker-pen & stain; esp more opaque/rinded stone..) can help when making chopping decisions.

*Id bash that Klingon via a piece of wood; ie: lay a small piece of wood (say 1/2inch thick) over the K, a mm or so K-side of the flaw. Leave the K overhanging on a bench or similar and sharply tap the wood. This way the K wont be damaged by the hammer-stone. Knock that Kling-off!

Be sure to show us the slabs!!

Tama :)

Post #330544 by Tamapoutini on Wed, Sep 5, 2007 6:40 PM