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Meadowknight — Alabaster Wolves view 1
Published: 2009-09-03 15:46:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 770; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 14
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EDIT: The size of this piece is about 9 inches long, 7 inches wide, and about 5 1/2 inches tall.This is a piece I did a few years ago that I never posted. I took a 3D media/sculpting class at the local college in hopes of learning mold making...and ended up not learning anything about mold making...but I got to work in stone for the first time XD!
We had the choice to work in wood, metal or stone, and I chose stone...and picked out a large chunk of Alabaster. I had no plan, but since I have such a deep love for wolves...I tried to pick a piece of Alabaster I could picture turning into a wolf...then found myself carving a total of 4 wolves! It was fun pickign out the shapes in the natural substance, then forming them.
This is the first and only stone sculpture/carving I've ever done (when I have more time and money I'd like to do more). My usual mediums are different types of clay that I work in high details with. It was very neat taking a piece of nature like a stone and turning it into an art piece of my own
. This took me a long time to complete, lots of muscle, and being very careful as any mistake couldn't be undone. I worked using a high powered dremmal, but mostly I used chiseles and other non-power tools (hence why it took so much msucle). The 4th wolf head is on the other side, please see my gallery for different views of this piece, and my other work! thanks for looking!
Artwork Copyright Angela Pileggi (AKA Meadowknight, or AMP). Please do not use this image without asking first.
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If you don't mind me asking, how did you finish this? like sanding to polish or some sort of solution painted on
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That's fine, I don't mind
What I do remember is...I used very fine sandpaper. I started off with semi-rough sandpaper, and worked my way down to smoother sandpaper...and sometimes working with waterproof sandpaper helps too (it mixes what you're sanding into sort of a mud that helps smooth it further as you go. When it was fully sanded and dusted off, I bought some sort of varnish at a Home Depot type place.
I didn't dye it with anything, just a clear varnish.
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Oh okay, thank you! ^^ I heard about the wet-sanding too
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You're welcome, goodluck! ^_^
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Sounds like an awesome experience. And the finished product substantiates your new found ability. To work with natural earthling stoners. [link] .
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This is beautiful! The fur is so nicely detailed and etched into the alabaster and the faces are so nicely shaped and I wish I could touch it because it looks so smooth!
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This is absolutely gorgeous; I love works in stone and this is the first really well done wolf stone work that I've seen. I'm amazed when people can just come out with this sort of thing on their first try, you definitely got talent girl, never give up on your art.
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