Sunday, November 3, 2013

Tips For The New Art In Rock Carving

By Rachael Gutierrez


You are bored and you do not know what to do the entire day. You want to do something that will kill the boredom but you are no fan or reading or watching the same story plot of the movies. Then you saw the beautiful rock formation that is perching at the top of the mountain. Hence, you were enticed to make your art after seeing the art works of rock carving Alberta.

Every masterpiece comes first with designs. This could be that art piece that you have imagined to be manifested into a tangible stuff. Or, you can search for a rock and then the inspiration will soon flow at the very first time that you have looked upon it. You can also mold a clay and then the detail can be worked out on the late part.

Then you need to choose which among all the rocks you are going to carve. There are plenty of its kinds and most of them are suitable for the art. However, if you are not so sure about it, then doing a research about the type of rock would do.

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.

Also, never underestimate the power of these safety gears on hand. They are the safety glasses, respirator, earplug, shock resistant gloves, and a well equipped first aid kit. Come to think of it, you are going to deal with these rocks. And this is going to be a little too dangerous especially when it is you first time of doing so.

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.

Then, design your stone so that the grain will always run in the length of your carving. In this situation, you have to determine the direction of your grain to achieve your desired piece of sculpture. Always remember that any small detail that you are going to carve can possibly break off the grain.

And always know the right functions of the tools that you are going to use. It is needed so that the quality of the work will be kept in front. Each of them varies on their designation so always keep the functions in your mind. Or you will yet again damage the sculpture you redo twice.

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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