• Finishing- halfway

    vanH, coat of arms
    finishing coats of arms

    The griffins and the base are now just about carved. Now it's time for the helmet and the mantling, and then all the details need to be carved really crisp (nails, hairs, dotting the i's and crossing the t's…). Finally, I will have a go at the profiled edge, but that can be seen in a next post.

    On the photo can be seen how the stone changes color when it dries.  The wet areas are still dark, and the drying parts are much lighter. When sandstone is outside for a long time, under the influence of the weather, and perhaps algae or moss, depending on where it is located, it will gradually darken again. That could take another decade or more. In any case, this sandstone easily lasts a few hundred years, a reassuring idea.

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  • Finishing and Detailing

    vanH, coat of arms
    detailing coat of arms1

    After a period of vacation I carried on with carving the coat of arms relief. Detailing often takes twice as long as the initial carving process, and this one is no exception. I started with the 'right hand’ griffin

    (that means officially the left-hand one, because it is described as seen from the carrier of the crest, not from the spectator). There is still a long way to go, particularly with regard to the hair and feathers. Yet it's already a little bit visible how it'll be when the legs are cut loose, when other parts are undercut, and some of the detail becomes visible.

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