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Published: 2011-08-22 16:34:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 1920; Favourites: 67; Downloads: 37
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put together this lil comp showing the progression on this one(as some of you have mentioned you like this type of stuff) Wanted to capture the feel of a very beloved Maori totem, the hammer head shark in this one....(totally spaced and forgot to include the material break down-this is carved cattle bone with black waxed linen cord for the lashing)Will be for sale 45 bucks plus 5 shipping, link will posted to etsy store as soon as i can......
-the soup
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yeah it does kind of look like a tentacle/suckers
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Beautiful! Hope you don't mind that I've submitted it to #Bone-Jewelry .
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hot diggity damn! No i dont mind one bit! I had no idea that group existed! Thanks for the heads up! (btw, your gallery rocks, you just made a fan)
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Thanks so much! Glad to see that you've joined the group. We have some people who carve bone and some who work with more natural looking materials as well, so please feel free to submit some ore of your work!
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I will! Awesome group, I have been follwing/chatting/faving a bunch of folks on there.
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Glad you're enjoying it!
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Dude, this is totally awesome. How did you carve it? Just a knife and patience?
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Thanks you! Well.....im not saying you couldnt do that....but I for one dont have the patience. I use a rotary tool(dremel), files, and sandpaper to get the job done. The old school guys used to use hand files, chisels, and way way back they used to use tools made from rats teeth (hardest cutting tool they had available)
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I aways wanted to know if you sell those pendants.. they're amazing!
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I totally do, there is a link in my signature. Oh and thank you for the praise, glad you dig them!
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yup this is WOW!!
how much time did it take to make.
is there a tut on this kinda work!!
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thanks! will we ever get to see some from you? your work is so awesomely detailed it would be cool to see how you go about setting up all the framing/wire twisty awesomeness....unless that would give away trade secrets
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Oh god, I guess I more think of my work as not intricate enough to warrant it!
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Whaaaaaa? Crazy talk I'd love to see a sequential series on your pendants
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Maybe one of these days. I've not had much luck, mostly because all my fingers are in usage at all times, but I do have a tree tutorial on my list of things to do. Though that may or may not happen soon, since apparently they first cut my class suggestion, then brought it back at too short a time to actually teach it...
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Awwww boo.....(shakes fist in direction of school )
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Love this design. Any chance we'll be seeing some Abalone carvings in the near future?
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thanks my fellow carver! Hmmmmmm ive gotten a couple requests....im gonna have to look into get my hands on some....right now ive got more cattle bone, some birds eye maple, black horn, and some composite mammoth tusk....but abalone might be a cool direction to head in......
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Agreed, abalone would be an awesome material to carve from. I'm trying to get my hands on some black water buffalo horn to carve with so let me know what you think when you eventually carve your horn.
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hey hey, right on! Ive tried a little with the horn...it smells like burning plastic and makes a fairly large mess(think of the amount of bone grit you get from cattle bone...now imagine that being all fine powdery black plastic smelling evil....) I didnt really care for it, the finish came out more like wood, very rough but im guessing thats from my inexperience with it....
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ew...nothing like the smell of burning plastic and fine black powder. Have you tried to buff the horn with oils? There is a man in my favs who primarily carves horn and in some of his listings he talks about the oils and bits he uses to give the horn a mirror finish.
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Thanks! Much appreciated!
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Hey thank you! I carved this out of cattle bone and the lashing is waxed linen cord. Thanks for letting me know you like it!
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