bvbtc on Nostr: Progress on Hal continues. ⚒️🏃🏻♂️ Mostly using chisels and diamond ...
Progress on Hal continues. ⚒️🏃🏻♂️
Mostly using chisels and diamond files at this point. Slate is a relatively soft stone and it comes away easily. Sometimes too easily… Currently I’m working to define the cheeks, the chin, and the neck area.
I’m not sure if this is how other sculptors work, but for me, it’s hard to carve one area by itself. When carving something anatomical, you can’t avoid the fact that every part exists in relation to the others. You have to embrace that, and work on everything at once. You do have to define the depth of the high points, like the nose and the chin, but I can’t carve just the nose in a vacuum. Everything will progress slowly and gradually, then suddenly, it will all come together in the end.
Mostly using chisels and diamond files at this point. Slate is a relatively soft stone and it comes away easily. Sometimes too easily… Currently I’m working to define the cheeks, the chin, and the neck area.
I’m not sure if this is how other sculptors work, but for me, it’s hard to carve one area by itself. When carving something anatomical, you can’t avoid the fact that every part exists in relation to the others. You have to embrace that, and work on everything at once. You do have to define the depth of the high points, like the nose and the chin, but I can’t carve just the nose in a vacuum. Everything will progress slowly and gradually, then suddenly, it will all come together in the end.