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StoneGloves
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Re: Neolithic Carved Stone Balls
Feb 14, 2010, 22:07
Yes, they could be a head person's mace, they'd go nicely with a sword of some kind. For carving it's not worth bothering with unless you want to go all the way and devote your life to it. Damp clay is more easily carved but has problems with shrinkage and warping as it inevitably dries. Try a St Thomas oxidising body with an extra 10% of dust grade grog to start with (from Potclays). I found one of Dorothy Marshall's listed carved stone balls was missing from the collection she recorded it in. That was sad - particularly as they wouldn't admit it was gone. The advanced geometric forms of the balls lends support to John Michell and Robin Heath's theories, of course.
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