Is this odd? Question about stone dealers and fabricators.
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Comments (7)Faux stone for sure. I recommend casting the pieces in white concrete over metal lathe. White allows brighter color when a coloring agent is used. Color the concrete and press wrinkled foil into the surface as it sets up. I've seen amazingly realistic results using this technique. I would experiment with the color to mimic the look of the natural stone used in the real stonehenge. Wooden blocks with slots and tabs could be attached to the lathe at the tops of the pillars and to both ends of the bridge pieces and left un-concreted. That way you could do a test fit of the entire mock-up, and make any adjustments to the alignment, before commiting the pieces to concrete. The key to this project is that it acheives the same alignment with the sun during the summer and winter solstices as Stone Henge. Or, if you want a unique interpretation of the original, you could make the components in the shape of giant bones and call it "Bone-Henge". Just a thought....See MoreStone Fabrication Question
Comments (2)It gets a polished edge. Slightly touched with the sander /polisher so it's not sharp. Probably not quite eased edge....See Morequick question about fabrics for a Victorian Chair.....
Comments (45)Thanks bbstx, I would never have found that image. It does look cool on that chair too; more what it is probably designed for, but I love it on Grandma's chair too. So much fun! We famous!! And 1929, I think I was the one who goofed by not making the scale more clear when I posted....it was hard to make the leap without knowing that. Thanks for your kind words, and no worries, your secret is safe here :) kitty, thank you so much, I do have the needlepoint, and I must say it was kind of neat to see the back of it, and how much care had gone into stitching it so neatly. I will take good care of it. And I don't doubt that it could be reunited with the chair someday. Who knows, maybe one of my kids will buy an old house with a proper parlor where it could really shine, like the LR in my Grandma's old house....See MoreQuestion about granite fabrication - urgent!
Comments (2)Some material, depending on the granite you chose, naturally has cracks and fissures. Some comes filled in with a resin and some not. I am not a stone expert but I have seen pieces that look like they should have ridges from cracks and are totally smooth. I have seen other pieces called polished that appeared totally smooth yet when touched, you can feel ridges even though the stone is not a textured finish such as leathered....See Morevidaprodiga
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