Hi Guys, Sorry for the (kind-of) off-topic post, but I thought this was a cool resource. I hope you don't consider this as SPAM. I found a cool resource from...
Saxan, hadn't seen anything from you in a long time and was wondering whether you've been busy with geological stuff or have done any new, great sculptures....
Hi Anne and all, I am back up north with Santa for the summer and early fall. The big difference is that this year we have high speed internet in camp. Had...
Hi Vaipen, I live in Newfoundland, Canada but I am currently working as a geologist just west of Rankin Inlet at the north west corner of Hudson Bay. I have...
Saxan, good to hear from you! I'll take your blizzard over the over 90 degrees fahrenheit we're dealing with this week. I swear I'm part polar bear! The...
... That explains the blizzard. I never met a geologist. I always thought of it as something very interesting to do. I am in The Netherlands myself. Not much...
The easiest is basswood (or limewood, as I believe they refer to it in Europe). Doesn't take much to start -- Wood, a knife, a U gouge and a V gouge can...
Saxan, didn't receive anything and wonder if it's possible that you sent it to the netg.com email, which is now defunct. If you do send contact info, please...
Hey I just wanted to tell you about a great company I found! I applyed for a lower mortgage rate and i only had to fill in a simple form. This month alone I...
Saws for basic shape definition and rasps of various roughnesses for shaping and detailing. Grades of sandpaper for final smoothing up to 12000 grit (used for...
Ann, I love Micromark! How are rasps graded for roughness? I assumed they hahad to be, but don't know the grading system. Thanks, Sharon ... to ... as...
Sharon, I am so sorry! I didn't check in here for over a month and... :( Rasps generally come in coarse, medium and fine and then there are the diamond...
hello to all youns, im a soapstone carver from indianapolis. look forward to seeing all your work and chatting about one of my favorite materials. ive noticed...
Welcome aboard!... and I'm glad you liked Ollie. :)) I moved this past August and am just getting back into "real" carving and sculpting. I moved (myself,...
... i just moved myself as well, ide say you got off easy for a soapstone addict. 5500 lbs of dendritic soapstone, 4000lbs of gemstones and carving stones, as...
Ollie was just an octopus trapped in a box of cedar. :) I have no idea how he got there! LOL No pattern or picture, but I did look around the internet at...
thanks for the responce, to answer your question, the hardness of alabaster will make it easy to cut on a band saw, especially one with a 1 1/2 horse motor. no...
Hmmm. Have to think on the water idea with the bandsaw. I've used saws to cut off smaller slabs, but handsaws don't work nearly as fast as the power ones!...
hello ann, ive dealy with colorado alabaster before, and have a little(13lbs) of the pink orange. its good stuff. i will try to find their website in a minute,...
Thank you! I am currently procrastinating on starting a project - I need to stop making excuses and just start! That is always the hard part for me -...
I'm definitely going to do the search for the watercooled bandsaw! Thanks for the idea. I'll email you with my address. I'd love to see this stuff! ...
I have it all the time.... but I also generally have 8 to 14 carvings and sculptures in progress at all times! :) What sort of thing are you interested in...
Got there! Did a search on Cameron and actually went in through a trading place. Came up under the same thing I keyed in originally, so I don't know what the...
Ann, What a wonderful idea - research the topic to get inspired! I realize it sounds so obvious, but it made me realize that I've just been sitting around...
Yup, gives you all kinds of ideas and different ways to approach things. Ollie was the product of finding out that octopus can twist and turn (and fit into...
Okay, Sharon, you've had a couple of days. :) Did you look at owls both real and carved? Have you started to stare at your piece of stone and see the owl...
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