Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Rock Carving As The Newest Form Of Art

By Rachael Gutierrez


You have the love for art and you want to create your masterpiece out of the single rock that you have seen ashore. You want to chisel it and transform it to the subject of your imagination. But you do not know how to start the process except by imagining. In this case, you just happened to be at the right place that will give you tips all the way from rock carving Alberta.

The design should be the first consideration that you must have. This could be anything that your imagination popped in your mind. This could also be seen or came up with after you have seen a rock. It will depend on the structure that you have seen. Better yet, you can have it molded to the clay first and then the details will soon be worked on with.

Choose a stone, that is the next step of the procedure. There are many stones that are available and suitable for the engraving or carving. You can do a research about the rock that you have seen and the right procedure to be applied on it so that you will create the very first piece.

Since you are no superman that can break the rocks into halves by the use of strength, you will have to resort to using tools. You can either buy or borrow them, depending on the resources that you have, both things and human. This shall include the sand paper, driller, grinder, pitching tool, tracing tool, chisel, and hammer.

And always get yourself the appropriate gears for your own safety. Not unless, you are open for the possibilities of being deaf and being hit with the debris right though your eye. If you do not want that to happen because you love yourself too much in a complete body parts version, wear the appropriate gears for this.

Your creativity is the limitation for this. You can apply anything that you want out of the bulky rocks that you have found. You can apply the image on a flat surface. Or better yet, you can have it in a three dimensional. It will depend on that creativity that you go up in your head, inside your skull.

Take consideration of the grain in your rock. This should never break off or everything that you have invested your time and your effort will be gone with the wind. To avoid that from happening, you can design your sculpture through following the entire length of the grain. Sketch out your design on a flat surface for relief.

Also, you may have to research on the proper tools that will be used as soon as the carving process takes place. It is important that you know the dos and don'ts of the tools so that you will keep the sculpture safe. Or you will find yourself redoing the process for the nth time.

And lastly, polish that rock carving Alberta. You can use either the silicon carbide or the dry sandpaper, depending on the rocks that you got. Work on the medium grits and then finish with the finest grits. Hence, that is going to bring out the amazing patterns and the colors of the stone.




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