One of my favorite carve of the season, the Kraken! I have a few of those under my belt, so I'm quite comfortable with it and I was able to get done with this in a few hours. The bits that support the ship are getting a bit thin for public display, but hopefully, the sculpture lasted. Worst case scenario, the sculpture wouldn't be ruin if that part fell off.
All of the suction cups are actually recessed instead of popping out. I've got this handy spike ball bit that I put on the end of a die grinder, so I've made quick work of those. Making them all pop out would have taken an insane amount of work considering the time we're supposed to dedicate to each sculpture. In the end, I think carving them down in negative work just as fine for this context.
The negative suckered read very well. I wonder could you make a bit that grinds them positive? Like a coring drill with a ball insert.
That's definitely something that could be done. I wonder how much it would cost to machine one and how many time a year it would be used ;)
Ha, Maybe some sort of bit that could be adjusted for different profiles is the way to go. That said I've made many an octopus sucker.
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ENGAGEtokens.I like it! Ice sculpting is really a form of art, I doubt that it is easy to do
i remembered watching an ice-sculpting performance before, gotta admire the precision and detail in carving into ice! it's definitely an art in itself! thank you for sharing this great piece of work! 😃
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