How To Carve Soapstone For Beginners

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How to carve soapstone for beginners. However I prefer to wet-sand with silicone carbide sandpaper. This is an advance carving project of me making a Dancing Polar Bear from black Manitoba soapstone. You will plan your bear practise the correct and safe use of hand tools and tackle the challenge of thinking in three dimensions.

Beginner and intermediate carvers are invited to join local soapstone artist Kay McCormack to learn how to carve a grizzly bear. Even at the fine carving experience tells me that it is helpful not to carve away too much stone in the beginning - it can never be replaced. Put on all safety equipment and an apron.

Dust mask are optional and the soapstone dust is not toxic. Also this soapstone is Certified Asbestos Free. The carving process takes about 23 of the time.

3 Go to the library and take out a book on stone carving and use the resources at the end of this page to get your supplies. Soapstone is a mineral rock that comes in many varieties and colors but is always soft enough to scratch with a fingernail. This is usually sufficient for soft stones such as soapstone.

You will be quick to find that soapstone carving is very dusty. After that the tedium of sanding starts. Then I progress to 400 grit then 800 grit.

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