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About a thousand years ago plus or minus five hundred years, rune stones where being carved all over Europe. With a little bit, OK a whole bunch of patience and tenacity you can have one for your garden or a greeting card for a close friend who will really appreciate the gift after they have to move it a couple of times. This is my first "Instructables" so bear with me, here we go
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I've got a lot of tools that I reserve specifically for stone carving, but the truth is all you really need is a really big nail, a file to sharpen it with and maybe a big hammer and a small hammer, but lets look at the optimal stuff, the important thing is just start carving.
Step 1 Part 1 The tools
The tools pictured here represent approximately one fourth of those in my stone working kit, it’s ironic that out of more then 100 tools the majority of the work will be accomplished with only two, my light sledge and heavy point. In detailed free sculpture all of them might very well be used
Step 1 Part 1 The tools
The tools pictured here represent approximately one fourth of those in my stone working kit, it’s ironic that out of more then 100 tools the majority of the work will be accomplished with only two, my light sledge and heavy point. In detailed free sculpture all of them might very well be used
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It would depend on a number of things, the type of stone, the type of stamps, the hammer and your ability.
Rocks are cheep, start out with one that is relatively soft and give it a try.
My first carvings were pretty simple affairs and then I expanded over several years and confined myself to simple tools and ancient means.
But thank you for taking time to complement me and my work.
Yes I've worked that small, although it's been a while and I don't have pictures.
Mostly you use abrasive techniques with rifler files, you can do indirect percussion (hammer and chisel) but it requires very fine tuned hammer skills.
A Dasco scratch awl can be used with a 3 oz (or so) hammer as a center point chisel.
Find yourself something else to experiment on, something that you don't have any attachment to and practice, you'll know when your ready for intricate work
that's good counsel, I would be inclined to try a dremel tool as well.
thanks for the advice.
It's my favorite stone for flat carving or even low relief and readily available all over the word
RC
it's a video game
sadly what most kids think of when they hear the word "rune"
Also, are there rune symbols for numbers, such as what one would put on a runestone for someone who has passed on?
"Ristari" means he who cut these runes, so you would say "Meismeems Ristari"
I have one suggestion only: when you do get around to doing the "make your own paint for runestones ible"; PLEASE put a link to this instructable in it, and (since you can always edit this) link that one from here. It will make finding them so much easier.
I understand about the "different medias" concept too that one explores to find their niche` for when I was much younger (and able to swing a 30 lb or heavier sledge) I did a little smithy work too (iron), and later switched to wood, and finally pyrography (wood burning). This would be something interesting to try too; and now I have some insight as to how to get started on it.....thank you.
is the design itself not actually carved into the stone? I know the originals were, but I can definitely understand why that could be skipped in a project like this. Also hows the paint hold up?
Quick suggestion as well, the multiple parts per step (2a 2b etc) are hard to follow when trying to scroll back and forth between the pictures and text. I'd recommend breaking it up a bit more.
I'll take a look at the steps, I'm still learning this platform.
Thanks for the helpful tip. Write any time you like.