Thursday, August 28, 2008

How to make Marble Paper weight

Material and tools

Broken pieces of marble (crazy cuts)
Sand paper nos 36, 100, 180
Edger with blade attachment
Quick Drying Enamel Paints
Chisel
Flat iron
pencil
razor blade
kerosine(petrolium gas)
News Paper
Pattern (square, oblong, circle

Procedure:

1Draw the pattern design onto the slab of marble.
2Use the Edger with blade with blade attachment. Cut out the marble 3design. Make sure you cut the pattern accurately.
4Sand the marble using #36 sand paper. Then #100 then #180 for final 5polishing. You can inscribe anything depending on your intent.
Use chisel and flat iron to carve the design to the marble.
Carve with care.
Color the carve out design. clean the excess paint.


I hope this will give you a hint

Friday, July 4, 2008

how to make a moulding

prepare an alginate impression. this is the powder to use as a mould.

next prepare your the material to mould.

mix the powder with water for about 5 sec.

place the material to mould to the mixture.

wait for 2 minutes to dry mould.

get the material out of the moulding.

and you are now ready to place plaster of paris.

allow plaster of paris to dry.

and now your done.

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

How to make a cut -able layout

Get a jpeg file of layout you want to cut.

import to corel draw.

trace the jpeg file. make sure that the picture can be converted to vector graphics.