Woohoo! All finished and packed up for mailing... forgot to take a photo of it actually on the black cotton cord, but here's the project in reverse order.
Final version:
The texture was achieved via three methods; sculpting it right into the clay master (some detail got lost in sculpting both sides); using a dremel with a drill bit to scour some of the 'knapped' spots deeper; and finally, after it was cast and sanded up, I took it to a suitable anvil (in other words the vulcanizer machine that weights a gagillion pounds) and applied percussive creativity.
Aka: I smacked the shit out of it with a hammer. Artfully. XD
And somehow, I managed *not* to bust the loop or dent it too badly. I made three casts I deemed fit enough to take to the finishing stages; I ended up only needing to work one of them over and it was this one :D (the other two got melted right back into the smelter)
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Here it is right before being polished, fresh from being beat the heck up:
And in the sculpting phase:
I don't have permission to share the original photos of the arrowhead I made a replica of, but the biggest difference is the loop and the texture; I also added a little medicine wheel to one side (which the client wanted to keep; it was placed in a spot wherein if they didn't like it, i could have sanded it smooth and none would be the wiser heehee).
I didn't get what i'd call a perfect replica xD but i think I honored the spirit of the original design well, and while my stone knapped texture isn't mark-for-mark, it still worked out awesome. In any case my client is pleased, so I'll call this a success.
Interested in having your own custom one-of-a-kind pewter pendant sculpted and cast in pewter? DM me :D Commissions for a custom sculpt start at $100, which covers my time and materials (mold silicone & pewter being the biggest two expenses, and then little resource uses in polishing mediums, packing, etc).
I also have drawing commissions open, here! They start at $10 for black and white drawings and go up.
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