From:
"George Graham" <georgergraham@zzzzzzzzzzz>
Date:
Wed, 21 Sep 2005 09:32:24 -0400
Subject:
Pitching. Cutting with a blade.
VisualThinker asked,
Quoted text begins.I was wondering; if you cut the stone with a saw doesn't it look
disgustingly artificial?
Is there a tool or technique to restore the surface, to make it look like
stone again after it's been cut with a saw blade?
End of quote.
In this discussion , a diamond saw is being used to speed up the roughing
out process, so you can get to serious sculpting, quicker. It's just one of
many tools and methods we can pick from to remove unwanted stone.
I think that at best a sawed finish is bland and boring, at worst it can be
extremly distracting and generally look like crap!
A sawed surface is like a blank canvas. All the handtools leave their own
marks which can be used to create textures and patterns. The chiseled
finishes on pre-diamond saw stone work look good to me.
Lightly sandblasting to remove a saw finish and bring out the natural
character of the stone works, but you have to avoid overdoing it. If one
gets in a hurry , gets to close to the stone and just works on one area at
a time, you get a finish that does not look natural. You can end up with a
finish that looks as artificial as a saw finish, only lumpy. Ugh!
Gotta get to work now,
George Graham
- References
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