Gydena and Hrefni Cosmic Stone
Today I managed to finish off the very tricky 'Gydena and Hrefni Cosmic Stone', which features the solar goddess and the raven storm-god standing on the two cosmic beasts who beget all the animal species in Gyldland cosmogony. This was definitely the hardest one yet, given the relative size and the detail, and in the end I had to simplify a lot of it. It was also very hard to engrave as the surface wasn't smooth, but the shallowness of the line makes it look old and worn, which is helpful. I think this is the last one - five stones is probably enough unless I decide to render a fragment of something later on. I'll be on campus soon to look at the availability of glass-topped museum style display cases for the show, which will have to be discussed re: a) lighting conditions so the lights illuminate the engraved lines well enough but don't reflect off the top of the glass, and b) the ability of the case to support over 60kg of stone. So I may need two cases - or els