Post #465842 by Paipo on Tue, Jun 30, 2009 1:40 PM

Ben, there are a couple of obvious blemishes (thought not apparent in the pix I chose) but I'm getting less obsessive these days. The photos did bring a few "folllow-throughs" to my attention that I will go back and clean up though. I use some pretty large and aggressive tools sometimes to do a fine job, as it's the only way to get into a tight space with these deep carves. As for the wood, I'm still very much at square one and I like just keeping it on the down-low for now. I really missed not carving this week (classes finished last week) and I don't have the time or the tools to carry on yet so the chizzlin' is on hiatus for a while. Facebook - I think I'm going to crumble soon and sign up. Just about everyone I know around here (NZ) is using it these days. I much prefer myspace still as it seems better suited to artists but even then I never find time for updates!

Kinny - is that the sound a flipping wig makes?

Surfin - the stripes were sort of planned, in that I could see 'em when I sketched out my lines, but I didn't know how cool that dark band would look when the eye was cut down to the right depth. I wasn't decided on an inlay, and once that pattern became apparent I couldn't bring myself to carve any more of the stone as the bands would be lost. One of my favourite things about argillite is those beautiful flow lines that will always naturally follow the curves on these beach stones. Cheers mate!