Monday 19 November 2018
Cotswolds Bowl
A modest oval bowl being worked from a piece of Cotswolds limestone. Lovely stuff to work with, soft to begin but develops a hardened outer layer when exposed to the elements over time, and also darkens in colour. This one also had lovely veins of calcite crystal running through it, formed when the stone cracks and calcium leeches from the surrounding stone into the new void.
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