{"id":1143,"date":"2012-01-31T02:52:37","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T02:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1143"},"modified":"2012-01-31T04:45:23","modified_gmt":"2012-01-31T04:45:23","slug":"cherry-blossom-and-dragonfly-tsuba-pendant-part-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1143","title":{"rendered":"Cherry Blossom and Dragonfly Tsuba Pendant part 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n<\/a>More cherry flowers, at 4 o’clock.<\/p>\n

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\nAbove, with a quick patina.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd here, starting to round out the dragonfly parts, just rough carved so far with carbide burrs.<\/p>\n

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\nOK, above is the dragonfly body carved. \u00a0Now to work on the wings – I have to decide how to make the wings look right.<\/p>\n

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\nAbove is a test I did in copper – the wing on the lower left is one method, and the others are different. I mulled it over while vegetating in front of the TV last night. I think I’ve decided on a hybrid between the two.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More cherry flowers, at 4 o’clock. Above, with a quick patina. And here, starting to round out the dragonfly parts, just rough carved so far with carbide burrs. OK, above is the dragonfly body carved. \u00a0Now to work on the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[23],"tags":[19,9,3,7,26,25],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-ir","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1148,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1148","url_meta":{"origin":1143,"position":0},"title":"Cherry Blossom and Dragonfly Tsuba Pendant part 6","date":"February 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Finally finishing this one up. Above, have cut the ribs in the dragonfly wings, and begun the texture on the wings. Above, the wings are finished. Above, everything finished, and patina applied. Above, finished with the carving, patina applied, and inked. Only have to affix the chain, and it's ready\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Cherry_Dragonfly_Tsuba_49.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1137,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1137","url_meta":{"origin":1143,"position":1},"title":"Cherry Blossom and Dragonfly Tsuba Pendant part 3","date":"January 28, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Above, removing more out of the center area, and texturing it as I cut it away. Here, starting to round the branches (at 9 o'clock on the pendant), and relieving the rear wings of the dragonfly. Continuing on with the branches, and carving on the flower at 8 o'clock. Above,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Cherry_Dragonfly_Tsuba_15.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1057,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1057","url_meta":{"origin":1143,"position":2},"title":"Cherry Blossom and Dragonfly Tsuba Pendant part 1","date":"January 26, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's my next project attempt! It's a tsuba (Japanese sword guard) pendant with cherry branches, cherry blossoms and a dragonfly. The first image is a Photoshopped version of two antique tsuba, and the second image is my pattern I drew from that. I cast a small shibuichi ingot (precious Japanese\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Cherry_Dragonfly_Tsuba_3.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1139,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1139","url_meta":{"origin":1143,"position":3},"title":"Cherry Blossom and Dragonfly Tsuba Pendant part 4","date":"January 29, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Above, I've used a punch to smooth the flower and adjust the texture of the big branch at left. Here above, I've been working more on the flowers and branches, carving out the cavities in the flowers with a tiny carbide ball burr. Here, I used a blunt, rounded punch\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Cherry_Dragonfly_Tsuba_25.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1130,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1130","url_meta":{"origin":1143,"position":4},"title":"Cherry Blossom and Dragonfly Tsuba Pendant part 2","date":"January 27, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's the pendant with most of the areas sawed out with a jeweler's saw and tiny, tiny blade. After a lot of filing to begin smoothing the saw cuts (thanks to my lousy sawing skills), I began cutting away the center section. In this image I've engraved a lot of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Cherry_Dragonfly_Tsuba_6.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2654,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2654","url_meta":{"origin":1143,"position":5},"title":"Dragonfly Blossom (B30) William Henry Studios Knife Scales – Part 1","date":"February 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Lately, I've been engraving and carving a set of knife scales for William Henry Studios, a real challenge for me. \u00a0This is a set of scales for their B30 (Gentac) model, and fairly large as their folding knives go. \u00a0The scales are 416 stainless steel, and arrived with a mirror\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/B30-Tom-Sterling_Detail.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1143"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1263,"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143\/revisions\/1263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}