How To Make Soapstone Carving

This is an advance carving project of me making a Dancing Polar Bear from black Manitoba soapstone.

How to make soapstone carving. Pour a small amount of your oil in your hand and rub the oil all over the carving. A large Chinese soapstone carving of Taoist immortals late 19thEarly 20th century depicting nine immortals including Shou Lao in the upper centre each immortal separately carved and fixed to the rocky base 345 cm high 34 cm wide 5 cm deep. Soapstone is a mineral rock that comes in many varieties and colors but is always soft enough to scratch with a fingernail.

If playback doesnt begin shortly try restarting your device. Sold by in for. Weve had several customers use them to make pizza ovens and we sell in volume soapstone pizza stones that will keep the pie hot long after it is brought to the table.

Like wood soapstone has a tendency to absorb oil. This video was brought to you by Liogier Makers of the. Although there are a number of varieties of soapstone the treatment and maintenance of soap stone is very similar to slate.

Carving process from the beginning to finnish by Anton YavnyPlease visit my website- httpfinedzineca. Hold the carving in one hand wet the carving and the sandpaper in a container of water and begin sanding the carving with the sandpaper. The white mud that develops can be rinsed off in the container of water.

Step 2 Rinse the stone in a gentle stream of water to remove all traces of dust from sanding. You can display prices in. How to Carve a Stone Ring with just a Dremel.

With a coping saw or hacksaw and a small rasp along with a little patience you can roughly hew the general shape of the pipe. To carve a pipe out of soapstone for instance use a small knife or hand carving tools you can find at a hobby store. Get a single chunk that will accommodate the size and shape of the design.