Year 3 Week 20

Disaster!

Stupidly, to make it easier to file the 'head' of the sculpture I put it in a vice but closed up too tightly on the area of the stone with a flaw. I heard a worrying crunching noise and saw pieces of stone falling to floor. You can see the outcome below.

Funnily enough today I was going to use a mixture of stone dust and glue to fill in the crevice but instead I had to use it to stick back the stone chunks that fell out. Then I filled in the crevice.

The areas with glue are very rough at the moment but can be sanded down next week.

I also did some work shaping some areas of the sculpture.

Year 3 week 19

Today I was mostly refining the shape in certain areas.

I straightened out the lower area of the sculpture as the flaws in the stone meant I couldn't have it the exact shape I wanted it. I am happy with this shape though.



I drilled a couple of small test holes in the sides of sculpture which I hope to open out into bigger slots later.



I also started to reduce the size of the head to the shape I want it to end up. Unfortunately a bit more came off than I wanted so I may not be the exact shape I wanted again.

Luckily I was able chisel and file in close to the big flaw in the side without any more damage. It's pretty strong stuff.

Year 3 week 18

Mostly just filing today to smooth off a lot of the surfaces. Also some fine tuning of the shape though.










Still worried about the flaw spreading!

Year 3 Week 17

Today I finished the saw cuts and chiselled the lumps out at the top of the stone.

I did some minor work on the shaping and filed a couple of the large flat surfaces (still avoiding the flaw though).

Still a LOT of work to do!