Ludwigia Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 My customer brought me another challenging assignment the other day. It's a combination of 2 different ammonite species in one block, something quite rare for the ovale zone in which it was found. Here's what I started with. There was a lot of matrix to be removed, so off we went. Here's what it looked like after a couple of hours with the scribes. Now you can roughly see the positions of the two ammonites. I never cease to be amazed at how abrading can reveal the beauty of fossils. Now the Hyperlioceras can be clearly seen on the left. There was still a bit of shell clinging to the venter at 6 o'clock, but I managed to scribe it off with minimal damage which I'll conceal later with a bit of epoxy putty. I then returned to the scribe and trimmed off most of the matrix from the Sonninia. The oyster which is sticking to it was also removed after I took the photo. The last thing I did today was to abrade the Sonninia. Sometime tomorrow I'll get down to trimming the matrix to give the block an aesthetic shape, smoothing it down and finalizing things. I promise to post the end result when done. By the way, the Hyperlioceras has a diameter of 18cm. and the Sonninia one of 11. 17 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilsAnonymous Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Good Work! On The Hunt For The Trophy Otodus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted October 16, 2019 Author Share Posted October 16, 2019 Just now, FossilsAnonymous said: Good Work! Thanks. I just love this piece! 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilsAnonymous Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Just now, Ludwigia said: Thanks. I just love this piece! I would too honestly 1 On The Hunt For The Trophy Otodus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpa Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Spectacular preping work; beautiful specimen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Looks fantastic now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMert Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Involute and evolute shells facing each other - nice display piece indeed My sites & reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted October 16, 2019 Author Share Posted October 16, 2019 3 minutes ago, grandpa said: Spectacular preping work; beautiful specimen. 2 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said: Looks fantastic now. Thanks guys. I just love it too. It's pieces like this that cause a bit of envy to well up in me, but at least I can admire it for a while before it returns to its proper home. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted October 16, 2019 Author Share Posted October 16, 2019 1 minute ago, RuMert said: Involute and evolute shells facing each other - nice display piece indeed Yup. It's very pleasing to the eye. It was already there. I just helped it along somewhat. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 What a lovely piece. And your prepping skills are to be envied. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Amazing, Roger! Thank you for posting this process. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Congratulations Roger. An amazing specimen and gorgeous prep job. Quite the presentation! Thanks for sharing it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Stunning!!! 1 Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Gut gemacht! 1 Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 You certainly kow your stuff Roger. Nice job. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted October 17, 2019 Author Share Posted October 17, 2019 17 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: What a lovely piece. And your prepping skills are to be envied. 16 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: Amazing, Roger! Thank you for posting this process. 15 hours ago, Jeffrey P said: Congratulations Roger. An amazing specimen and gorgeous prep job. Quite the presentation! Thanks for sharing it. 14 hours ago, Uncle Siphuncle said: Gut gemacht! 5 hours ago, RJB said: You certainly kow your stuff Roger. Nice job. RB Thanks guys and Danke Dan As promised, here's the block after trimming. And the final result 11 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daves64 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 (that about covers it) Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Beautiful. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 You’ve outdone yourself Roger. Simply amazing. Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted October 17, 2019 Author Share Posted October 17, 2019 2 hours ago, daves64 said: (that about covers it) 2 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Beautiful. 1 hour ago, Ptychodus04 said: You’ve outdone yourself Roger. Simply amazing. Thanks very much gentlemen, but it's the ammonites themselves who are the real stars of the show. It's not all that often that they present themselves in such an aesthetic way. All I had to do in the end was to round it off. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Ludwigia said: Thanks very much gentlemen, but it's the ammonites themselves who are the real stars of the show. It's not all that often that they present themselves in such an aesthetic way. All I had to do in the end was to round it off. And “David” was already in the marble and all Michelangelo did was uncover him. 2 Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted October 17, 2019 Author Share Posted October 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, Ptychodus04 said: And “David” was already in the marble and all Michelangelo did was uncover him. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 The colour and pattern looks great. I think your customer is going to be pretty impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted October 17, 2019 Author Share Posted October 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Bobby Rico said: The colour and pattern looks great. I think your customer is going to be pretty impressed. He already is. I sent him a photo and it was love at first sight. 3 minutes ago, Peat Burns said: Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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