Two years after the first padukas, about which you can read here→ more, I continued carving the second set of padukas in black granite. …Read the whole article…
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Padukas finished
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The black granite paduka's I previously worked on have been finished for a long time, but I have been very busy and my blog has suffered for it (I plan to correct the backlog in the next week…). Polishing was, as expected, quite a chore, but I managed. …Read the whole article…
Padukas: lotus and polishing
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After measuring with the pointing machine and some other works in between I continued with shaping the paduka's in black granite. On the feet, I added the symbols of Vishnu: the conch, the disc and lotus flowers. On the profile on the side the lotus motif will return, and that's what I am carving now, sanding and polishing. …Read the whole article…
Copying points with a pointing machine
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The footprints I am copying on the black granite padukas are a great project to explain how the process of sculpting works in general. For a sculptor the process is self-evident, but from the questions I often get, I notice that many people do not know how to get from an idea to a stone statue. Often they think I'll pick up a chisel and hammer and start hammering away. …Read the whole article…
Padukas
Those who have been following this blog for some time now know that a period of silence doesn't necessarily mean a downtime. Similarly this time. After a well-deserved vacation, I have been very busy at work carving a statuette. But unfortunately, I can't say anything about it yet! It is for the aniversary of a company and still needs to remain secret until the unveiling, o annoyance. …Read the whole article…