Left to my own devices this weekend while J and the kids went to visit her parents, I was a lazy bum. I carved, but neglected to update...mostly because I didn’t remember until somewhere around 2am. 0.o I finished the form carving, as you know, and was looking for something to do while rattling around the apartment. I decided to try something I thought would be fairly simple. hahahaha! Nope. As it turns out, simple little daisies are quite complex in structure. I grabbed another piece of white crystal alabaster scrap and, after attempting to sketch a definite pattern on paper, decided I was silly and just put it directly on the stone. As the piece of stone I had available without an hour of cutting is square and I quickly discovered that I needed to run a test piece for any daisies I might decide to carve in the future, this one is abstract. That gives me the opportunity to create one while giving myself some slack on the definitive structure. I can learn how this flower is put together and still have a workable piece when complete. I sketched in the lines and put them down into the stone with the point of a small blade. Then I worked out the levels of petals according to placement, and took out the center in preparation for a separate piece of the orange stone. I put a concave curve into each petal for appearance.
Tuesday, September 5, 2006
Morning Daisy, Abstract All images are the physical and intellectual property of Barbara Minnick, aka Stormcarver. Unauthorized use prohibited. Looking at this, I quickly decided that, although it will likely be a small wall piece, it needed more depth. I have started working the petal thickness/placement from the back. Granted, as it is abstract and to be hung, I am able to take some license with the back of the daisy. The depth only needs to appear correct from the front and sides, so I am not being very careful regarding petal layers from the rear view, as you can see. Am going to continue working out the petal depths and shaping today. Learning quite a bit about the structure of a daisy, and am just amazed at how complicated this relatively simple-seeming flower is overall. I may be ready to attempt a realistic carving when this is complete.