Carving an Easter Island Moai

A quick video showing the process of carving the likeness of an Easter island Moai.
This took me just under 3 days.
Bare in mind that i have modern tools,and this was cut from a single piece of stone(which i could flip and turnover),whereas the inhabitants of Easter island cut theirs out of the side of very large stones,crawling into the rockface to remove the excess.
I cant imagine doing it without steel tools.How they did it is a mattter of conjecture.Im guessing they must have used plant acids to weaken the bonds in the stone,and then a stone harder than the work piece to rub,chip,or sand it.

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• easter
• island
• moai
• carving
• sculptor
• art
• stone
• rock
• sandstone
• m3sca1

[combatcommand]

You sir, deserve your own show.

[m3sca1]

@combatcommand thanx for the encouraging words =)

[rogerpenna]

what kind of rock did you used? Remember Moais were carved from tuff, a very soft rock made of compact volcanic ash.

Several unfinished Moai statues, were left unfinished because the islanders found harder rock amid the tuff, so, unable to carve them, they just started a new one.

[m3sca1]

@rogerpenna its sandstone from the Sydney basin.i would say it is medium to hard density in regards to sandstone.some is too soft to work,and weathers too fast.the kind i used is easy enough to work and will last a long time.thanx for commenting

[doobiesnax]

wow dude this is simply amazing.

im into wood carving and i think i want to give stone a try as well :)

[m3sca1]

@doobiesnax go for it-can do amazing things with stone

[estebanherpcr]

Es un legitimo pedro pica piedra !!!!

[thatisso80s]

You are one fast carver. I wish I could hire three of you for my business.

[modeldaughters]

i've just begun carving small (very small) rocks with a dremel tool and diamond bits (i'll be working up to milk carton size next and using a combo of dremel, chisels et al) and i can honestly say i also wish you had your own show. i learned more each minute from watching you do this than i have from a month with my teeny tools. that was AWESOME! A+ -frank- / model daughters

[dariod2007]

looks more like grandpa Simpson