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\n<\/a>And, finally, everything re-inked.\u00a0 This side is finished; now I have to make the design for the other side.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I spent the day removing the background, a fairly tedious operation, but so worth it. \u00a0This really makes the whole piece come alive. I generally use an NSK micromotor grinder (35,000 rpm) and tiny carbide burrs to remove the metal … 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":[5],"tags":[9,8,3,7,4],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-1i","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":89,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=89","url_meta":{"origin":80,"position":0},"title":"Making the \u201cPuget Sound Dagger\u201d Day 9","date":"December 17, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"More background removal. \u00a0And I thought the front side background removal was tedious. \u00a0Look at all of those tiny little nooks and crannies! \u00a0Here the background is removed. And everything inked.\u00a0 At long last, this side is finished! 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<\/a>Here, I\u2019ve removed the background.\u00a0 Pretty tedious removing the background around all those tiny little plankton critters.<\/p>\n