Mostly Carved Away Eggshell

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Mostly Carved Away Eggshell

Although Instructables user bbstudio’s entry in their ongoing Egg-Bot challenge falls a bit short on the “instruct” front, his or her experiment “to remove as much material from an egg shell as possible while still retaining the shape and image of the egg” has undeniably produced some impressive results.

90 thoughts on “Mostly Carved Away Eggshell

  1. Eric Renz-Whitmore says:

    Um, this is pretty cool.

  2. Anonymous says:

    Awesome and beautiful.

  3. Electron El says:

    good arts

    comment by Vega-arts.ru

  4. Ashley Frank says:

    Wow that’s amazing

  5. michele pacey says:

    i agree it is a-MAZE-ing!!! hee hee!

  6. sunnylovey says:

    oh, my god, it is a great masterwork! http://bit.ly/m5vhOy

  7. John Richards says:

    I’m confused by this? What method did he us and where how did he grasp the egg without breaking it.

    1. Sean Michael Ragan says:

      Good questions. Which is why it’s slightly odd that he posted his project on Instructables. As far as I can tell, he offers no instruction whatsoever. It’s certainly cool, mind you, but as to how he did it, well, I’m guessing he wants that left a mystery. =]

      1. John Richards says:

        Yes…well that’s a mystery beyond my skill level with eggs.

      2. Angela Taylor says:

        now, i HAVE heard of a method of using vinegar to soften an eggshell enough to fit a whole egg into a soda bottle…  if that is the case, then i can imagine using this technique to soften the eggshell so it could be more flexible and more easily cut.

    2. Farzad Tabatabaie says:

      Not sure if this is how this artist did it, but here is another artist explaining how he carves his eggs: http://theeggshellsculptor.com/TheProcess.html

    3. Farzad Tabatabaie says:

      Not sure if this is how this artist did it, but here is another artist explaining how he carves his eggs: http://theeggshellsculptor.com/TheProcess.html

    4. Farzad Tabatabaie says:

      Not sure if this is how this artist did it, but here is another artist explaining how he carves his eggs: http://theeggshellsculptor.com/TheProcess.html

    5. Angela Taylor says:

      THAT would be my question….how do you apply enough force, once having removed so much of the egg, to apply enough pressure to remove the remaining pieces??

  8. Jeremy Sirois says:

    cut with some sort of laser?

    1. Josh Lawrence says:

      That was my thought as well.

  9. Anonymous says:

    I am just guessing. But I would attempt this with a hard boiled egg and a dremel. Pare away the shell, and then remove the egg from inside.

    1. Angela Taylor says:

      i agree with the dremel, if you could find just the right attatchment.  its actually easier to blow out the insides first than to try to get a really clean removal after the fact.

  10. Anonymous says:

    I am just guessing. But I would attempt this with a hard boiled egg and a dremel. Pare away the shell, and then remove the egg from inside.

  11. Luke Radke says:

    I bet he was EGG-cited that it didn’t fall apart. :D

    1. Julia Schneider says:

      punny.

    2. Danny Hall says:

      HISTORY CHANNEL 
      carved eggs
      appears to be done with dental tools.

  12. Jennifer Kowalski says:

    adonde va a huevo?

  13. Britney Deatherage says:

    in school we painted hollowed out eggs for easter and cinco de mayo. we poked two holes in either end and  blew the liquid egg out. it was difficult (and stinky), but we did it with the shell still intact. if you look closely at the right picture, there are a few bumps, like something was filled in. i bet the creator of this did like i did, and filled in the resulting holes. i could be wrong, but that’s my guess. awesome design though. ^___^

    1. Angela Taylor says:

      eggs are not completely smooth…there are lumps and bumps…this is one of the things that makes them challenging as a canvas….

    2. Angela Taylor says:

      eggs are not completely smooth…there are lumps and bumps…this is one of the things that makes them challenging as a canvas….

  14. Debbie Pulis-Tobiya says:

    I wish I had those Patience!!!
     

  15. Owen says:

    nice must have taken months

  16. Mitch Klein says:

    HAVE you coated the shell with any type of sealant?

  17. peter says:

    this is great man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  18. Anonymous says:

    my name is vinod vishwakarma 

  19. Anonymous says:

    my name is vinod vishwakarma 

  20. Valeria Lazo says:

    he must b a very egg-sperienced egg carver now hahahahaah

  21. Anonymous says:

    very very good. I like it a lot. come take a look of my blog, and tell me what you think. http://www.alzerinablog.com

  22. Annvie says:

    How the eff do you do that?

  23. Richard Cory says:

    thought i was the only crazy one to do this…got lotz …..

  24. Richard Cory says:

    thought i waz the only crazy one to do thiz …have lotz ….

  25. Erin Smile says:

    my word… that is simply eggcelent.

  26. Galvin Entalai says:

    egg-celent! i kinda like that! lol..

  27. Giovanni Rosso says:

    eggstraordinary…

  28. jack says:

    that’s some serious sculpture

  29. Anonymous says:

       Eggads!….his name is Humpty Dumpty!!

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  32. danielwalldammit says:

    Very cool!

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