Kurt K Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 This February is the time to experiment with Butterflies as designs and materials spanning from Coral, to Jadeite and Agate, while continuing my efforts to get smaller. The coral is very simple and hardly justifies the label of carving. The Guatemalan Jadeite, is a bit more like it. But the actual plan was getting practice with the above to do this one Something strange happened as the sun hit the piece directly in those two out-door shots today. Whats going on? Usually I get that effect only with clear crystals beads when using flash. Wishing you a great week, Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 i like the coral material the pattern and color is inturesting. never thought about being able to carve coral before ill have to look into that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt K Posted February 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 Thanks Dan While the coral looks great in the context here, it does not hold edges too well. But fluid shapes???? Could be interesting material.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 what do you mean by hold edges...........im just barly starting to carve. are you saying that the edges chip? if so would it work well if you cut the stone and then inlay it into another material as an inlay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt K Posted February 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 Holding the edge is a term I use when material survives the sanding-process without dulling too much, or rubbing out and edge of a corner. I use sanding-paper by hand, so directional sanding is a bit of a problem to counteract this. Will have to invest in some proper high end burrs in the future and replace the sanding process by using Diamond powder. For normal pendants, sanding-paper is just fine, but I find working under an inch, like here it’s a whole new ball-game. This little project has certainly given me a whole new understanding in regards to how fantastic the skills of cameo-carvers are. While the girl is easily recognized as such, the corners and edges are simply not sharp enough. A for inlay: Yes it should hold up fairly well for that, the cell-walls are very solid. But as I saw last time, preparing a cab with this material; the cells are a bit unstable and might fall out. Something that can be counteracted by epoxy treatment. There are glimmers of color in those cells, which I presume are from internal micro-fractures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony N Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 very cute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Lepine Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Interesting ideas and done quite well too! My favourite though is the coral- the material seems to suit the subject so well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt K Posted June 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 Thank you Nelson. From time to time I get lucky and things work out in harmonie. Just have to learn how to do that intentionally to get it more often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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