workbench for sculpturing

[RENO]

The Mrs is always busily with sculpting in stone using an old and unstable workbench
Recently she finished this 'ammonite' sculpture and i made the metal holder to keep it upright.

Now it was time to make a custom made workbench for her

This i made with the Kreg system and some plywood leftovers from my own Paulk-workbench project

 

[Wuffles]

Man, I feel so inadequate sometimes.

Beautiful sculptures. Bench is nice too.

 

[greg mann]

How does she get along with so few tools. [eek]

 

[c_dwyer]

And no plug-it cords either, how does she do it? I'd start shaking...

Beautiful work, both of you!

 

[RENO]

All is done by hand, saw, chisel, file, sandpaper, polishing......
Makes me realize i am happy with my Festools and a live wall socket ;-)

 

[Cheese]

Nice bench...I'm sure it's a well appreciated change for her.

But I'm in awe of the stone carving, that's just so sweet. No vise, so how are the materials held?
Is the last item shown made from agate?

 

[teocaf]

very nice.
my guess on the material would be soapstone or alabaster, but not for sure; so many varieties out there.
next time you're at woodcraft, maybe she would like one of these pattern maker vises mounted to that table you made.  i got one recently and it works great --good quality for the price:

http://www.woodcraft.com/product/142768/woodriver-patternmakers-or-gunstock-carving-vise.aspx

 

[Tinker]

That metal holder is nice as well.
There seems to be a lot of art in your family.
great work all around.
Tinker

 

[mwildt]

Nice bench!

If she does not have one then the next accessory could be a sandbag to hold the stones while being sculpted into beautiful pieces. The sandbag will support their odd shapes so the stone does not slide off the table. Think of the sandbag as a pillow case filed with enough sand, or equivalent, to be molded to any shape.

Nice sculptures!

 

[bkharman]

You could put a few 20mm holes in the worktop and do some Festool clamping elements.

Great work!  (On both parts)

Cheers. Bryan.

 

[tiralie]

Recently she finished this 'ammonite' sculpture and i made the metal holder to keep it upright.

She does really nice work. I like the metal holder too. Very understated.

Now it was time to make a custom made workbench for her

Nice bench. Probably way better than the one she was using.

 

[Lbob131]

Those sculptures are amazing.

 

[Tinker]

Your wife has to have a ton of patience to do such fine work.  I have never tackled that fine craftsmanship, but do know the frustrations first hand of spending a whole lot of time with hammer and chisel on a crazy grained stone.  When nearly perfect and one more shot will bring perfection, and with that one more strike with hammer and pitch, point or chisel there is a pile of rubble staring up at you.  I admire that she is doing such fine work with so few tools and so much patience.
Tinker

 

[marmot]

This is wonderful in it's minimalism.  I love the sandwiched plywood work surface and the color of the wood.  Did you use a lye product or some sort of white oil as the finish?  Thanks for sharing.

 

[RENO]

Thanks people! the Mrs. was very pleased with the positive reactions on her work.

[member=58888]marmot[/member]; its just the sanded birch-plywood that got this great finish, but i will fast disappear by the battlescars of chiseling ;-)