DiamondCore Tools - Hexagon Carving Metal Rib (MRIB5)

Flexible. Versatile. Essential. Metal ribs are all of these as part of your creative process, from smoothing a large slab of clay to putting the finishing touch on the side of a thrown bowl. This type of tool is always handy, and no ceramic artist should be without one.

You can now easily carve hexagons and lines at 120-degree angles — again and again — with this innovative tool from our research and design team! 

Our uniquely designed Hexagon Carving Metal Rib is the ultimate tool for creating symmetrical lines on rounded surfaces with DiamondCore’s clay carvers. Once you use this stencil rib, you’ll wonder how you carved intricate, hexagonal patterns on your pottery without it!

DESCRIPTION

• Stainless steel, metal rib with 120-degree, hexagon cutouts
• 115 mm width by 110 mm (~4 by 3.7 inches)
• Flexible, 0.006-inch thickness
• Five equidistant, expanding hexagonal edges
• Equidistant, expanding marking holes on metal hexagons
• Three centering hexagons on the tool’s sternum
• Thumb indent and DiamondCore Tools logo at the top of the tool

USES/BENEFITS

• The flexible rib can bend to lie flat on curved, 3D surfaces
• Marking holes help you layout a design before carving
• Centering holes to envision a complete hexagons, align sides
• Create and replicate near-infinite patterns from the tool’s features
• Thumb indent helps keep the tool in place in your hand