BS: While whacking a rock...

Subject: BS: While whacking a rock...
From: Donuel
Date: 13 Mar 08 - 01:07 PM

No, this is nothing to do with whacking Iraq or hitting my thumb with a hammer...

But it is like a Sponge Bob cartoon come to life. There is an episode where Sponge Bob shows Squidward his sculpting skills by hitting a marble block once with a hammer and VOILA a perfect statue of David is revealed.

I hit an opal rich rock once, splintering it into several pieces and a perfect little red cardinal was revealed.
(with an oveactive imagination) This is what it looks like with no enhancement or carving or polishing...
http://usera.imagecave.com/donuel/don1/cardinal.jpg

http://usera.imagecave.com/donuel/don1/cardinal3.jpg


http://usera.imagecave.com/donuel/don1/cardinal1.jpg

http://usera.imagecave.com/donuel/don1/cardinalf.jpg






The other half of the rock turned out to be a giant nugget of colorful opal which is lightly sanded to show some color...
http://usera.imagecave.com/donuel/don/nugget3.jpg
http://usera.imagecave.com/donuel/don/nuggetf.jpg



A commercial artist Bob Ross called these things happy accidents.

Subject: RE: BS: While whacking a rock...
From: Donuel
Date: 13 Mar 08 - 01:17 PM

Did I say it saw tiny.. http://usera.imagecave.com/donuel/don1/cardinala.jpg

Subject: RE: BS: While whacking a rock...
From: Little Hawk
Date: 13 Mar 08 - 01:19 PM

Very nice! Neat how these things happen, isn't it? One often sees some wonderful stuff in cloud formations too or in leaves or the bark of trees.

Subject: RE: BS: While whacking a rock...
From: Mr Happy
Date: 13 Mar 08 - 01:26 PM

Hmmmmmmnnnn........reminiscent of Bishops Brennans face in the skiting board http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=x72QxIJjIiA

Subject: RE: BS: While whacking a rock...
From: katlaughing
Date: 13 Mar 08 - 01:28 PM

Bee-you-tee-full!

Subject: RE: BS: While whacking a rock...
From: Bee
Date: 13 Mar 08 - 01:48 PM

No need for an overactive imagination, Donuel - the cardinal is certainly there, and really beautiful.

I used to collect these 'happy accidents' as a child, in bits of stone, shell, wood - I once found a shattered blue glass powerline insulator, a large chunk of which perfectly depicted a lady's high heeled shoe. I tucked that 'glass slipper' away with a bunch of other treasures in my secret hole in an old field wall, long since buried in spruce forest. Maybe some other child will find it some day.

Subject: RE: BS: While whacking a rock...
From: Emma B
Date: 13 Mar 08 - 02:17 PM

Should this be in the
My Favourite Car thread?

Subject: RE: BS: While whacking a rock...
From: GUEST,Neil D
Date: 13 Mar 08 - 02:17 PM

Or the image of the Virgin on a grilled cheese sandwich.