process & progress · click here for statement. |
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click here or the photo to the right to get an extra large peeksie at the pooch. |
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| The first thing I did was an internet search for unusual stones from all over the world and then I stuck them to the dog and kept switching them around until I came up with a pattern I found appealng. |
Once I'd found my "templates" I laid 'em out and got to workin'
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| I'm "spine"ing here |
Still "spine"ing (and in an expensive shirt, too!)
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I thought it was important that the face was a traditional and elegant stone, so I chose marble from Asia. |
See, he's got a purdy face.
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I had more trouble with the granite belly than I would have thought; so I was really glad when I got to move on to the green parts (haunches) |
These aren't vericose veins, they're actually Verde Antique veins from a North American Marble |
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This is kind of a weird stone, but it was one of the only ones I could find from Australia, so it dictated a lot of the other choices. |
I liked it by my fifth attempt. |
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For "candy pants' " ribcage, the example I used came from some sort of academic website and the guy was really proud of himself for finding this ventrifact in Antarctica. |
Oddly, this ventrifact looks the most fake, and is the most realistic modelling from the photograph, in my opinion. |
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| For the base I figured that since Basalt is located on every continent, that it would make an appropriate base "material." |
These are the last few moments between a boy and his dog. bye, candy pants.
*sniff* |
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