Ready for the next stone

 

After a couple of stones, my indoor carving studio achieves a truly amazing level of clutter - near total chaos. So, a couple of days ago I gave it a thorough cleaning to get ready for the next project. The orange air line above the bench leads to a large compressor in the garage and allows me to use my pneumatic
hammer for the roughing-out process. The airline under the bench leads from a small compressor out to my metal shop where it connects to a air/hydraulic riveter I use for metal sculpture.

"Navigator" - Finished, March 6th, 2013

 

Well, this one's a wrap! I thought that by using power tools I might be able to speed up my process a bit, and that might have been so if I had not gone a bit overboard with them. It actually did speed up the initial phases, but made for a slow sanding cycle, resulting in a break-even result on a stone of this size. It is actually a bit smaller than the two previous Mandala pieces, so a smaller base (green marble) seemed appropriate. I've decided to call this one "Navigator"