Amethyst - Psychonaut IX - Arrival - 252.9ct
This installment in my Psychonaut series of small sculptures finds my far-flung hero on a distant planet. She stands at the top of an ancient set of stairs gazing out over a vast and beautiful desert vista. In the distance are mountains over which moons, planets and stars rise and set in either a dawn or evening sky, she doesn't know which. Something tickles memories long forgotten and she feels she has been here in this place before. She has arrived where once long ago she departed, and a name comes to her like a breeze.
This small sculpture was carved from a gorgeous piece of Brazilian amethyst rough. I have included some pictures of the original stone and it's progression from rough to polished. Working a piece from rough is a very time consuming exercise and is entirely done by hand. The stone needs to be first preformed to grind away any surface flaws, cracks and other defects. This then gives me an idea of what I'm working with. As I'm doing this I'm shaping the stone and developing it's form. Once I am happy with that I then move onto smoothing out the main curves and surfaces with various grades of wet and dry sandpaper. This is hand cramping stuff but it must be done as there is no other way to achieve those wonderful graceful smooth flowing curves. Once this is completed I begin grinding in the various features, such as the planets, suns, mountains, stairs and of course, my psychonaut hero. These are all carefully placed as I am creating a 3D scene and it all needs to make some sort of sense. Right from the very beginning I am imagining what and where I will place things and like a story, the scene develops over time as the sculpted form takes shape. Once the features are ground in I give it another going over with the wet and dry sandpaper to remove any surface marks that I might have made. Next begins the very painstaking process of polishing everything. This is a stage of work that must be done in a carefully sequenced and unrushed way so as to remove all scratches and marks to ultimately leave a highly polished finish. There is alot more to it but I hope this gives you a little insight into the creation of these small sculptures.
Details:
#1547
Purple Amethyst
Brazil
Psychonaut IX - Arrival
Untreated
Eye Clean
252.9 Carats
44x38x33mm
This installment in my Psychonaut series of small sculptures finds my far-flung hero on a distant planet. She stands at the top of an ancient set of stairs gazing out over a vast and beautiful desert vista. In the distance are mountains over which moons, planets and stars rise and set in either a dawn or evening sky, she doesn't know which. Something tickles memories long forgotten and she feels she has been here in this place before. She has arrived where once long ago she departed, and a name comes to her like a breeze.
This small sculpture was carved from a gorgeous piece of Brazilian amethyst rough. I have included some pictures of the original stone and it's progression from rough to polished. Working a piece from rough is a very time consuming exercise and is entirely done by hand. The stone needs to be first preformed to grind away any surface flaws, cracks and other defects. This then gives me an idea of what I'm working with. As I'm doing this I'm shaping the stone and developing it's form. Once I am happy with that I then move onto smoothing out the main curves and surfaces with various grades of wet and dry sandpaper. This is hand cramping stuff but it must be done as there is no other way to achieve those wonderful graceful smooth flowing curves. Once this is completed I begin grinding in the various features, such as the planets, suns, mountains, stairs and of course, my psychonaut hero. These are all carefully placed as I am creating a 3D scene and it all needs to make some sort of sense. Right from the very beginning I am imagining what and where I will place things and like a story, the scene develops over time as the sculpted form takes shape. Once the features are ground in I give it another going over with the wet and dry sandpaper to remove any surface marks that I might have made. Next begins the very painstaking process of polishing everything. This is a stage of work that must be done in a carefully sequenced and unrushed way so as to remove all scratches and marks to ultimately leave a highly polished finish. There is alot more to it but I hope this gives you a little insight into the creation of these small sculptures.
Details:
#1547
Purple Amethyst
Brazil
Psychonaut IX - Arrival
Untreated
Eye Clean
252.9 Carats
44x38x33mm
This installment in my Psychonaut series of small sculptures finds my far-flung hero on a distant planet. She stands at the top of an ancient set of stairs gazing out over a vast and beautiful desert vista. In the distance are mountains over which moons, planets and stars rise and set in either a dawn or evening sky, she doesn't know which. Something tickles memories long forgotten and she feels she has been here in this place before. She has arrived where once long ago she departed, and a name comes to her like a breeze.
This small sculpture was carved from a gorgeous piece of Brazilian amethyst rough. I have included some pictures of the original stone and it's progression from rough to polished. Working a piece from rough is a very time consuming exercise and is entirely done by hand. The stone needs to be first preformed to grind away any surface flaws, cracks and other defects. This then gives me an idea of what I'm working with. As I'm doing this I'm shaping the stone and developing it's form. Once I am happy with that I then move onto smoothing out the main curves and surfaces with various grades of wet and dry sandpaper. This is hand cramping stuff but it must be done as there is no other way to achieve those wonderful graceful smooth flowing curves. Once this is completed I begin grinding in the various features, such as the planets, suns, mountains, stairs and of course, my psychonaut hero. These are all carefully placed as I am creating a 3D scene and it all needs to make some sort of sense. Right from the very beginning I am imagining what and where I will place things and like a story, the scene develops over time as the sculpted form takes shape. Once the features are ground in I give it another going over with the wet and dry sandpaper to remove any surface marks that I might have made. Next begins the very painstaking process of polishing everything. This is a stage of work that must be done in a carefully sequenced and unrushed way so as to remove all scratches and marks to ultimately leave a highly polished finish. There is alot more to it but I hope this gives you a little insight into the creation of these small sculptures.
Details:
#1547
Purple Amethyst
Brazil
Psychonaut IX - Arrival
Untreated
Eye Clean
252.9 Carats
44x38x33mm