"The Flower of Life (commonly abbreviated as FOL) is the modern name given to a geometrical figure composed of multiple evenly-spaced, overlapping circles, that are arranged so that they form a flower-like pattern with a sixfold symmetry like a hexagon. The center of each circle is on the circumference of six surrounding circles of the same diameter..."
Starting to lay out the design - see the picture at they right of my 99 cent compase? This could get complicated!
Here is the layout of the design. Now I need to decide what parts get removed.
I suppose I could have done a negative - where the design is removed - but I decided to do a positive - the parts in between get removed. As I started to remove material the pencil lines started to disappear. Since the design took a rather long time to recreate, I decided to use a diamond tipped Dremel to scratch the design into the stone.
Progress?
Whoops! So the border is screwed up...what to do?
Cover it up with a tooth chizel of course. Here's the final.
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