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Create cloth effect on surface of stone, with

Stone Conversations : Archive 9 : Message 00645

From: "Walter S. Arnold" <walter@zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 09:25:49 -0500
Subject: Create cloth effect on surface of stone, with

At 08:08 PM 9/5/2005, Zhivago97@------- wrote:

Quoted text begins.I'm teaching myself how to do some traditional techniques, such as scroll
work and realistic looking cloth, with wrinkles, folds and bends in
GA marble.
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In the current issue of a magazine for wood carvers, Carving
Magazine, http://carvingmagazine.com/
there is a good basic intro article on drapery. It discusses and
illustrates different types of folds and the nature of drapery.

GA marble is very hard and brittle, with a very large crystal size,
so it doesn't lend itself to fine undercutting or small details. You
need to treat it more like granite than marble.

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