michael B Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 Its been quite a while since I have posted here, better late than never, my latest carving in Australian nephrite jade, some say it looks like the star trek badge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken R Posted September 15, 2016 Report Share Posted September 15, 2016 Michael, Beautiful work! How do you get such a great finish on jade? Regards, Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Twilbeck Posted September 16, 2016 Report Share Posted September 16, 2016 Beautiful work Ken,, Jade to go where no Jade has gone before... great work , Sometimes when I see such beautiful work,, I wish I hade started to work in stone, but I am happy with wood, and some of the stone pendant shapes have inspired me to use them in wood ,, some have been good and others just do not come close to the beauty of the stone. But I will try it again any way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael B Posted September 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2016 Thanks Ken & Ed, I hand sand & polish all my local nephrite jade, no rotary tool will give the same finish, some jades are bad for polishing, better to finish them on 1200 carbide paper dry, I have my procedure working good on my local jade, other locations still try my patience, this one was smoothed on diamond and polished on linde A, - alumina A, I may try to cave wood one day, my property here in Australia has heaps of timber, all native gum, box, red gum, have seen some awesome pattern in our white box, hard and heavy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yloh Posted September 18, 2016 Report Share Posted September 18, 2016 Thanks for sharing. Beautiful material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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