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claypigeonpottery · 3 days
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this was one of my very earliest sgraffito pieces! maybe the fourth or fifth. unfortunately the picture of it is… terrible lol
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lord-aldhelm · 23 hours
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Aldhelm's Brooch
Handmade by me, from Super Sculpey polymer clay, and painted with acrylic paints to resemble antique bronze. It measures 3 inches (10cm) in diameter. I sculpted onto a watchglass so I could get a curvature. The watchglass was removed after baking. It took me approximately 25 hours from start to finish.
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A lot of fans talk about wanting a replica of Uhtred's sword. However, I wanted something more personal and meaningful to me. I had been planning to make this brooch for over a year now, and finally had the time and motivation to do so.
Progress photos and reference screenshots below the Keep Reading.
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Progress photos. I rolled out the clay and molded it onto a watchglass. Then I printed out my sketch and used a pin to pinpoint the locations of the main features (the little spheres). Afterwards, it was just a lot of fiddly sculpting work to create the details. This was 100% done by hand; I did not use any molds or pre-created forms for this.
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Painted version in indoor lighting.
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Screencaps of the brooch. And you can see what I had to work with here, lol. Weird fact: his brooch changed color over the seasons! It was shiny gold colored in season 3, silver in season 4, and antique bronze in season 5. Don't know why it changed so much. Aldhelm's brooch is very unique and particular to him. He had a standard large bronze Mercian boar brooch in season 2, just like Aethelred, but for some reason that was changed to this one in season 3. It seemed to coincide with the change in his apparent personality, so I wonder if it was intentional or not?
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cainhowlett · 2 days
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Wip.
Someone asked me the other day if I transfer images to the blocks I want to carve and the answer is no. Every print is essentially 3 separate art pieces, all sketched and done directly on the block. The pencil layout, which establishes the composition, the ink layout which sets up the loose guidelines I follow, and then finally, the carving itself, which is a completely different part of my brain to the last two stages.
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zegalba · 1 year
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Confiscated pens containing cheat notes intricately carved by a student at the University of Malaga, Spain. (2022)
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asmeesh · 6 months
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It's been a full year since I carved anything. Felt good to make this.
I ordered this bright green stone that turns out to be terrible for carving, it breaks into sheets. But that gave me the idea to use it as a little ice floe.
So say hi to Floe, the fishing bear.
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disappointeddyke · 6 months
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dyke bod
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elixir · 3 months
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Glacier chair — 2023
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My heart so broke that I could beg for affection
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bad-moodboard · 10 months
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18th century French ivory carvings depicting "tooth worms” believed by many people in the past to bore holes in human teeth and cause toothaches.
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sp00ntaneous · 1 month
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'Snake' wooden spoon carved in Sapele wood.
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kafkasapartment · 1 year
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A reticulated white jade 'pine and crane' plaque, Qing dynasty, 18th century.
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claypigeonpottery · 3 months
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thesilicontribesman · 2 months
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The Lewis Chess Pieces, 12th Century CE, The National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
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knifeforsale · 2 years
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ORNATE JADE AND SILVER DAGGAR | LISTING
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zegalba · 1 year
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The Longmen Grottoes (龙门石窟) 'Dragon's Gate Grottoes, or Longmen Caves are some of the finest examples of Chinese Buddhist art.
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asmeesh · 2 years
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Just finished the 10lb solid soapstone bear, complete with little removable salmon.
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