Posted on May 27, 2008 by kimiam
This beautiful gem can be found in the Town of Cary and it’s more than just a looker. If ever there’s a fire or a dog in need, we’ve got you covered.
p.s. More stone carving next week. We had a break due to Memorial Day weekend.
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Posted on May 17, 2008 by kimiam
Second day carving this stone and I am having a blast. My teacher, Paris Alexander,taught me to use a point chisel to clear out more stone and to do some shaping with a tooth chisel. I was supposed to round out the tip of the nose (/me points to the square flat thing which is [...]
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Posted on May 16, 2008 by kimiam
I found this old scribble while I was cleaning today.
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Posted on May 13, 2008 by kimiam
The post Turned to stone contains an image of the preliminary sketch for this carving. We used a hammer and chisel to roughly outline the major parts of our design in limestone. I jumped the gun by chiseling around the mouth, nose and eyes a bit, but hopefully I didn’t do any serious harm. The [...]
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Posted on May 11, 2008 by kimiam
Here is my preliminary pencil sketch for my first attempt at relief carving in limestone.
This sketch was my second choice of the two designs I came up with. My instructor gently advised me that my first choice is too difficult for my skill level at this time.
The method of image transfer we used involved [...]
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