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New Carver in need
Hello ive been carving soapstone for about a year now. I had received my
mother-in-laws supplies when she past away and she had such a passion for carving I gave it a shot and to my surprise they looked really good. But I have used up all that I had and I cant find anyone in San Jose CA who even knows what soapstone is. Does anyone have advise. I would also love any patterns or tips. Being self taught I sure im probably doing everything the hard way. Thanks Tiffany |
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On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 14:03:32 -0800, "Tiffany"
wrote: Hello ive been carving soapstone for about a year now. I had received my mother-in-laws supplies when she past away and she had such a passion for carving I gave it a shot and to my surprise they looked really good. But I have used up all that I had and I cant find anyone in San Jose CA who even knows what soapstone is. Does anyone have advise. I would also love any patterns or tips. Being self taught I sure im probably doing everything the hard way. Thanks Tiffany Hi Tiffany: I'm not a soapstone carver, but I've observed some gals doing some excellent work in the carving workshop at the Little House in Menlo Park to the north of you. Sadly, most of them have left the group, but I might be able to answer specific questions if no one else more knowledgeable steps forward with advice. I did pick up a book by Kurt Haberstich called "Creating with Soapstone" which you can find he http://search.barnesandnoble.com/boo...374132& itm=2 It seems to cover the basics. I never really got into it, as I'm busy making wood chips ;-) Hope this helps. Bob Weiske (change x to b to reply) |
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Tiffany,
Just use Google and type in "Soapstone". I got 402,000 hits for soapstone. I am sure that one of those will be able to help you with anything you might require. Randy :-} "Tiffany" wrote in message ... Hello ive been carving soapstone for about a year now. I had received my mother-in-laws supplies when she past away and she had such a passion for carving I gave it a shot and to my surprise they looked really good. But I have used up all that I had and I cant find anyone in San Jose CA who even knows what soapstone is. Does anyone have advise. I would also love any patterns or tips. Being self taught I sure im probably doing everything the hard way. Thanks Tiffany |
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Tiffany wrote:
Hello ive been carving soapstone for about a year now. I had received my mother-in-laws supplies when she past away and she had such a passion for carving I gave it a shot and to my surprise they looked really good. But I have used up all that I had and I cant find anyone in San Jose CA who even knows what soapstone is. Does anyone have advise. I would also love any patterns or tips. Being self taught I sure im probably doing everything the hard way. Thanks Tiffany Check companies that do countertops in stone. If they use soapstone they'll have scraps. JOe |
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"Tiffany" wrote in message ...
Hello ive been carving soapstone for about a year now. I had received my mother-in-laws supplies when she past away and she had such a passion for carving I gave it a shot and to my surprise they looked really good. But I have used up all that I had and I cant find anyone in San Jose CA who even knows what soapstone is. Does anyone have advise. I would also love any patterns or tips. Being self taught I sure im probably doing everything the hard way. Thanks Tiffany Tiffany Hello I read Your message and thought I would reply. Stoneman Distributors is a supplier of carving stone. Brazilian Soapstone is our first choice as it is the cleanest and the one with the most amazing colours. Soapstone countertops is not the way to go as it is much harder and brittle than the carving stone. I know as I sell both. If you wish you can look me up at WWW.STONEMAN.CA and see what we have. I also give out tips and you can see a large variety of carvings. |
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