Soapstone carving demo

[prospecial1]

Great demo, however instead of having to cover up like a mummy, have youever seen the Vac-U-Shield tm that attaches to your Fordom and exhausts all the dust before it enters your breathing space? Check it out on youtube. Just enter VAC-U-SHIELD in the subject line.

[turtleondope]

One more thing before I split, If bikers like the sound of their bikes so much I have to wonder why don't they curl their tailpipes back towards their own ears so they can get the full effect?

[apologiamixer]

@turtleondope Yeah, put that your pipe and smoke it, eh? Too funny.

[jumpingjehosafad]

I have steel files in my garage, and masonry drill bits. If I wanted to try to make a soapstone sculpture, would that be enough to get started with and see where I get?

[apologiamixer]

@jumpingjehosafad Yep, anything will work. But sculpting files will last longer. Cheers!

[markdischner]

I'll bet your neighbors love you gzzzzzzzzz gzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzgzzzzzzzzzzz 1 hour later Gzzzzzzzzzzzz gzzzzzz ah, done. ...next....

[apologiamixer]

@markdischner Ah but my gzzz a couple times a month is nothing compared to all the neighbors lawnmowers and the Mexican getto blasters on the weekends., not to mention the Harley biker clubs that find my street so attractive during the summer.

[turtleondope]

@apologiamixer If you have Mexican getto blasters and Harley noise, I take back what I said 100%. I APOLOGIZE! Gzzzzzzzz to your hearts content, I should of kept my mouth shut anyway. Enjoy!

[LJlorenzenJr]

@apologiamixer i know exactly how that feels haha

[koyomkawi]

thank you for a great demonstration along with helpful hints

[mburleigh8]

pretty cool, thank you for sharing, I want to get into stone sculpting

[apologiamixer]

@mburleigh8 Have fun. You can find most of the tools you need on line at Sculpture House and other suppliers.

[ImagineerMat]

Hey great videa.

Im in Ireland... im wondering where i can get soapstone.

Is it naturaly occuring here? Or do i need to buy it online?

thanks



[apologiamixer]

@ImagineerMat Soapstone is steatite, a crude form of talc. If you have any talc deposits in Ireland that would be the place to look. Otherwise online it is. Good luck.

[StrayGhostWolf]

Yeah um I don't have any of those tools. I do have though is water (idk what to use it for) a rock. A paperclip. A butterknife. And maybe a fingernail filer. I'm trying to make a tiny wolf. Soo. Wish me luck ? >.<

[WaagooshTheRedFox]

@StrayGhostWolf im making a tiny fox, you anish? if so what clan, if not oh well. good luck anyway!!

[StrayGhostWolf]

@WaagooshTheRedFox I'm not sure what anish is, but if it deals with canines and wolves, I'd say I have a very small pack of some sort.

Thanks for the luck (:

It's been done, it turned out okay. I was afraid to get the legs any skinnier in case they broke, and the stone was really small to begin with.

It was okay. Looked like a bear-wolf almost.

:)

[WaagooshTheRedFox]

@StrayGhostWolf anishinaabe, is a combination of 3 subtribes of federally recognised native americans, i prefer the term Ojibwe, but my tribes name is Sault Chippewa, pronounced Soo Chip eh wah. anyway, i was wondering if you are a native american. anish is just slang for anishinaabeg.

[inuksukman]

wish i cud carve were you live i live in tha north & suntimes hard to get customers thks

[inuksukman]

I usually use 180 & 600 then polish with shoe polish srub nylon

[apologiamixer]

@inuksukman Heah if it works, great.

[inuksukman]

i'm a carver myself too soo clean your pieces what polish you use cool hope to hear from you Dale mutna thanks

[apologiamixer]

@inuksukman After sanding to 400 grit, oil with a couple coats of tung oil then a little waxy funiture polish like Lemon Pledge and hand buff with soft cloth. Enjoy!

[wthrfish]

Thanks for the video. Do you reckon a Dremel would be good enough for the rough carving, or would it not have enough torque? I've never carved soapstone at all.

[apologiamixer]

@wthrfish A Dremel will work for small carvings.  I use a Dremel sometimes for finish details.

[Tatooinedragracer]

Nice video and very informative. I made a pipe bowl from soapstone and used wet-dry sandpaper to smooth it, but I used a bucket of water to keep the sandpaper and the pipe bowl wet and sanded it while holding it over the water. Whenever the pipe bowl or sandpaper became gritty from the dust I just washed it off in the water. Also, if you accidentally drop the bowl, or whatever you're making, then it will just fall in the water and not break.

[trailkeeper]

The American Indians used (and may still) soapstone for bowls and other things, maby some pipes, pendants etc. Someone mentioned a flat one for carving, I think some people then make "lithographs" or some kind of art prints with that.

[Valalacra]

I've been carving soapstone and alabaster for about 25 yrs. I like to spend a ridiculous amount on them and put all the detail into them that I can. I then give them away as presents. I usually just use 3 in 1 oil and thats all. Dries up pretty quick. So Tung oil and Lemon pledge eh? I am going to give that a try. Thank you.

[apologiamixer]

Linseed oil works pretty well too but it takes forever to dry unless you thin it with turpentine and put a few drops of Japan drier in it. Good luck.

[Valalacra]

thanks

[runamokPU]

great job... thanks a lot from Italy

[ANCESTERSMEMORIES]

great video 99stars

[wrightylaaad]

great video , learned a lot - one question , does the soapstone tend to blunt the tools quickly or not? ive wanted to try some stone carving for a long time and was told soapstone was a great stone to start out with

[apologiamixer]

Good quality tools hold up pretty well with soapstone. Some stone however has very hard impurities which dull even carbide tools rather quickly. I have some tools that I have carved dozens of carvings with and they still cut fairly well.

[wrightylaaad]

thanks , im gonna try drawing a picture on flat soapstone then relief carve it. nice vid , thanks for posting

[apologiamixer]

Smiles are good.

[Naddycat]

Made me smile