How To Make Soapstone Carving

To carve a pipe out of soapstone for instance use a small knife or hand carving tools you can find at a hobby store.

How to make soapstone carving. Soapstone is a mineral rock that comes in many varieties and colors but is always soft enough to scratch with a fingernail. Step 2 Rinse the stone in a gentle stream of water to remove all traces of dust from sanding. The white mud that develops can be rinsed off in the container of water.

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. Carving process from the beginning to finnish by Anton YavnyPlease visit my website- httpfinedzineca. 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.

Rub the oil into the soapstone with a clean dry cloth. This video was brought to you by Liogier Makers of the. Sold by in for.

Use medium-grain sandpaper to start then switch to finer paper after you have removed the largest marks to refine the stones overall texture. 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. Hold on to your carving as wet smooth soapstone.

This is an advance carving project of me making a Dancing Polar Bear from black Manitoba soapstone. Then purchase a soft hammer some chisels and files to carve your stone. 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.

This sanding is done wet. We will be applying the oil by hand and will use the heat of our hands to help with the absorption process. How to Carve a Stone Ring with just a Dremel.