• Square panipitha: Polishing has started

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    Polishing started pp2

    The polishing work on the upper half of the square panipitha has started (it's upside down at the moment). You can clearly see where I could not get into the tricky upper edge during the sanding.

    A lot of work could be achieved by adapting some tools to the workpiece, but I think the last bit will simply going to be just a lot of handiwork : filing, sanding and 10 steps of polishing…

    Fortunately, it is already becoming a lot sleeker, and even where you can see the light lines at the bottom it's all sanded to the same grade. Because of a residue of stone dust it still seems like it's rough, but like the rest it has all been sanded down to grain 800 in the smallest nooks and crannies. The dark edge at the top is sanded to grain 3000, and gives an impression of how black it will become.

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  • Lotus motif

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    After a few days of carving the black granite (Premium Black) half of the lotus leaves have been carved on the square panipitha. What can easily be done in a day in limestone, is a very different story in granite, but fortunately it is coming along nicely.

    lotus motif on black panipitha. Lingam en Yoni

    I have now started polishing again. Soon it will become a deep black shiny stone, but there still is a lot of work to do. Because some places are not accessible by machine tools, that will take a lot of sanding by hand. Polishing is made up of 10 steps, from grain 50 to 10.000. That means a lot of times sanding the same area.

    Along with polishing I make sure that the carved forms are shaped with tight lines. To the right you can still see some fluttering lines, but to the left it's already becoming a bit tighter.

    In this picture the panipitha is upside down, since I'm carving the upper leaves first and later the lower side. That way the leaves for which I have had the most practice most will be the most visible. Hopefully those will become the most beautiful as well, but of course I intend to make all of them beautiful.

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