Curvatious

[brokequixote]

Greetings, this is volcanic ash from the Tucson mountains. If anyone has ever been to San Xavier del Bac, the beautiful mission in Tucson, there's a charming old lion's head sculpture attached to a pillar in the courtyard. It's made of the same material, a light purple stone with hard little clasts here and there. This piece was roughed out with a stone saw, carved with hand tools and then smoothed with an angle grinder. And yes, I wear a respirator when using electric tools because when working with unknown stone, you don't know what may be in the dust. Thanks for the look.

 

[Artyczar]

Wow, this is luscious!

 

[brokequixote]

Thank you, Artyczar. Kind of pillowish.

 

[Hermes2020]

Thanks for the description of how you created this beautiful piece.

 

[Enyaw]

That must be beautiful in the real as with all the dots and spots it's quite open to interpretation as to what you see in the stone.
Lovely

 

[Jo Castillo]

Beautiful. I see many things in the lovely curves. I'm smiling.

 

[CaliAnn]

Beautiful piece!

 

[brokequixote]

Wow, this is luscious!

Thanks for the description of how you created this beautiful piece.

Thank you, Hermes, for your comment. I'm thinking about taking some photos of the tools and processes of direct stone sculpting, as opposed to working from a model and pointing a block of stone. It's kind of like improvising with each stroke of the hammer. But I also want to try working from a model.

 

[brokequixote]

That must be beautiful in the real as with all the dots and spots it's quite open to interpretation as to what you see in the stone.
Lovely

Yes, I like that type of stone a lot. Fortunately there's a lot of it scattered around the mountains here. It doesn't take a shine, but has its own airy quality. Thanks for your comments, Enyaw

 

[brokequixote]

Beautiful. I see many things in the lovely curves. I'm smiling.

Thank you, Jo. I'm smiling back.

 

[brokequixote]

Beautiful piece!

Thank you, CaliAnn

 

[Triduana]

I love those soft waves. It's a lovely piece. And thank you for describing your process too

I'm thinking about taking some photos of the tools and processes of direct stone sculpting,

Yes please!

 

[laika]

Ripple. How beautiful! It would be fun to imagine it as a part of a larger piece.

I'm thinking about taking some photos of the tools and processes of direct stone sculpting, as opposed to working from a model and pointing a block of stone. It's kind of like improvising with each stroke of the hammer.

Oh, I would love to see any part of the process! I'm currently trying to hand-polish some choice chunks of petrified wood (legal obtained).

 

[brokequixote]

Thank you, laika. Guess I'll be cleaning my windblown stone studio. Love to see your petrified wood chunks. Will you use a tumbler to polish them?

 

[ntl]

Beautiful! How big is your piece?

For anyone wanting to "visit" the Dove of the Desert, here's an armchair tour.

The White Dove Of The Desert, Mission San Xavier del Bac

The White Dove Of The Desert, Mission San Xavier del Bac, a beautiful and historic Catholic Church built in 1797 located near Tucson, Arizona.

www.southwestdiscovered.com

 

[snoball]

Love the soft smooth curves of this piece, made more interesting by the material it is made from.

 

[brokequixote]

Thank you, Snoball. Appreciate it.

 

[brokequixote]

Beautiful! How big is your piece?

For anyone wanting to "visit" the Dove of the Desert, here's an armchair tour.

The White Dove Of The Desert, Mission San Xavier del Bac

The White Dove Of The Desert, Mission San Xavier del Bac, a beautiful and historic Catholic Church built in 1797 located near Tucson, Arizona.

www.southwestdiscovered.com

ntl,

The piece is 19"x 11"x 7 1/2 and weighs about 35 lbs.

That's a nice link to San Javier.