Doing a bit of freehand “drawing” in stone. Started with the chisel, but this is hard, hard stuff! So got out the power tool of choice: a “Eurotool Flexible shaft machine” which takes all the usual 1/8″ bits. I have to change a few things, spend many hours refining & finishing, and expect to practice some polishing technique on this one.
Oh, and while I am at it, let me foil it:
And that is Michael’s “piggy” at right in the first photo! My piece is not finished, but the power tool speeded up the progress of getting some depth in that very very hard corner. Still considering how much variation in finish level and finish texture I want to keep … but it is all about having fun, and it is fun! I will have a very sore hand and wrist, and more tonight though…
About 3 inches long, very soft fractured alabaster: fragile! But fun … for this Egyptian born UK citizen. Story:
Mrs. Scarab Beetle is a guardian figure from my place of birth: Alexandria, Egypt. She offers comfort, but is very fragile so must of course be cared for most tenderly, like all good things.
