During the week I worked on carving a wee conical depression into one of the incredibly hard stones from the local fishing cove. The stone sits alongside one that I carved on the previous trip - see the last photo in this blog post. Who knows - maybe the whitish stone might be carved next time to make up the trio.
A few process photos follow - the carving took 5-6 hours - the stone was incredibly hard.
A couple of the completed stone.
In my mind the depressions are a reflection of Pictish cup carvings found on Pictish stones. The stones of course reflect the ancient landscape; and of course the connection with the cove and fishing industry. Quite a fitting way to round off this visit to the cottage.
Such hard work but a beautiful out come.
ReplyDeleteI can well-imagine how one could get lost in the doing of this (although I can likewise imagine hands aching, too) ... thank you for the lead to Pictish petroglyphs, which are so tempting to imitate!
ReplyDeleteoh good grief ... after a week of connection issues with the Typepad bloggers, the Blogger blogs seem to be following suit ... no doubt time will be the ultimate healer
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