I Really love ur soapstone art, they all look so realistic. I look forward to see more soapstone art n the future. I don’t know how times I watch ur videos on the wolf. Just perfect.
What a great video. Tons of value , great technical info . I carve primarily in antler and bone ( small items ) but have recently purchased some soapstone and will be trying that . Not quite to your scale though , lol . Beautiful carvings. Thx for the inspiration
Hey Cool, I have seen some pretty nice pieces in whale bone, Glad to here this was helpful. Yes natural stone is quite a cool material, I think at some point I'd like to try out some wood carvings. - Cheers
Thank you for making this video Andrew - very well composed. I have to admit, I’ve scrupulously combed through a video or 2 to find the Neolithic Stone tools used that seem very practical!
Originally came here looking for the tools to do it by hand, because that's how I learned back in school. Didn't think I'd be stepping my game up with power tools. This is awesome, thank you so much for this.
Yes the Makita Brand has been quite cool for me. I mean I still go through a lot of grinders but these ones seems to hold up pretty well to the amount of work I give them.
Valuable info. Tung oil is great. Loved stone all my life but never got far enough to try. Where would one get large pieces of the stones? Terribly expensive for 1 x 3 x 3 pieces I've looked at. Your bears are fantastic.
Hi Andrew, Thanks for taking the time to show your process. I'm frustrated that I can't find decent wood in blocks of more than a few inches and would like to do some full size portraits, so I may switch to stone carving and would like to ask where you get your stone from? Is soapstone durable enough for gallery or museum display? Is it a good choice for details in a classic sense, similar to Roman, Renaissance sculpting, or artists like Bernini or Carpeaux? In other words, can you get detail work out of soapstone, like you can with marble, without the stone fragmenting or cracking off? Is there a better stone you might recommend? Thanks for you help. I will keep searching for more info online.
Hello there beautiful work and thank you for the tips although I do lapidary mostly in carving of hearts and other shapes when I was a kid I did a little soapstone and I would like to do more do you know a good inexpensive warehouse to purchase soapstone from? Thank you so much
Yes, I used to carve mostly marble and basically used the same tools as I do for soapstone. The marble will have a bit more ware on your tools but you can use the same ones.
We have so much basalt and granite in the Pacific Northwest that it's often free. People throwing it away as they are replacing some old retaining wall or other all the time. Would this process be appropriate for such hard rock? @@Andrewgableart
@@bosatsu76 I've used this process for Carving Marble which is a harder stone. It could work for basalt as well. Granite is a lot harder and may require a different technique for polishing
hey man! is it possible to make a small sculpture with soapstone with a knife or is it too hard of a stone ? I'd like to make a ring but idk if i should look into another material... thanks
Soapstone could be soft enough to carve with a knife. You might have better luck with a file actually. But you should be able to carve soapstone with just hand tools if that's what you want to do. Personally I don't know if I would do a ring and soapstone because it might be more prone to breaking because it is a softer stone versus a harder Stone like marble or granite or Jade which you probably wouldn't be able to do by hand per se. Also soapstone is prone to scratching once you've polished it so if you have a ring for instance on your hand it's likely that just normal use might end up scratching it unless you keep it in the Raw state of the stone where you wouldn't see the scratch necessarily. All that to say could be worth doing just to see right you never really know but yes soapstone is soft enough to work with hand tools but as I said a file may work better than a knife
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I Really love ur soapstone art, they all look so realistic. I look forward to see more soapstone art n the future.
I don’t know how times I watch ur videos on the wolf. Just perfect.
In the name of art : Thnaks! great video for every interested hon carving
Good work, i just made my first stone with a opinel and then i used this dremel for a bigger piece, i like to make skulls and anatomy.
Been looking for this specific info for a long time. Thank you so much.
What a great video. Tons of value , great technical info . I carve primarily in antler and bone ( small items ) but have recently purchased some soapstone and will be trying that . Not quite to your scale though , lol . Beautiful carvings. Thx for the inspiration
Hey Cool, I have seen some pretty nice pieces in whale bone, Glad to here this was helpful. Yes natural stone is quite a cool material, I think at some point I'd like to try out some wood carvings. - Cheers
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Thank you for making this video Andrew - very well composed. I have to admit, I’ve scrupulously combed through a video or 2 to find the Neolithic Stone tools used that seem very practical!
Hey Thanks, glad you got some value out of it. - Cheers
Originally came here looking for the tools to do it by hand, because that's how I learned back in school. Didn't think I'd be stepping my game up with power tools. This is awesome, thank you so much for this.
Great work!
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Very very cool video!
Thanks for helpful info!
Thanks Andrew, I will try the Makita brand, I have had so many angle grinders die on me. Never had any sanding discs either, all by hand.
Yes the Makita Brand has been quite cool for me. I mean I still go through a lot of grinders but these ones seems to hold up pretty well to the amount of work I give them.
Your work rocks!... seriously.. despite the pun
Valuable info. Tung oil is great. Loved stone all my life but never got far enough to try. Where would one get large pieces of the stones? Terribly expensive for 1 x 3 x 3 pieces I've looked at. Your bears are fantastic.
Hi Andrew, Thanks for taking the time to show your process. I'm frustrated that I can't find decent wood in blocks of more than a few inches and would like to do some full size portraits, so I may switch to stone carving and would like to ask where you get your stone from? Is soapstone durable enough for gallery or museum display? Is it a good choice for details in a classic sense, similar to Roman, Renaissance sculpting, or artists like Bernini or Carpeaux? In other words, can you get detail work out of soapstone, like you can with marble, without the stone fragmenting or cracking off? Is there a better stone you might recommend?
Thanks for you help. I will keep searching for more info online.
I love this! Alot of great info. Do you ever carve wet?
Thank you for this video, really helped me understand the basics.. can you share any info about oil?
Hello there beautiful work and thank you for the tips although I do lapidary mostly in carving of hearts and other shapes when I was a kid I did a little soapstone and I would like to do more do you know a good inexpensive warehouse to purchase soapstone from? Thank you so much
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Great info. Can you use this same equipment and attachments for Marble?
Yes, I used to carve mostly marble and basically used the same tools as I do for soapstone. The marble will have a bit more ware on your tools but you can use the same ones.
We have so much basalt and granite in the Pacific Northwest that it's often free. People throwing it away as they are replacing some old retaining wall or other all the time. Would this process be appropriate for such hard rock? @@Andrewgableart
@@bosatsu76 I've used this process for Carving Marble which is a harder stone. It could work for basalt as well. Granite is a lot harder and may require a different technique for polishing
hey man! is it possible to make a small sculpture with soapstone with a knife or is it too hard of a stone ? I'd like to make a ring but idk if i should look into another material... thanks
Soapstone could be soft enough to carve with a knife. You might have better luck with a file actually. But you should be able to carve soapstone with just hand tools if that's what you want to do. Personally I don't know if I would do a ring and soapstone because it might be more prone to breaking because it is a softer stone versus a harder Stone like marble or granite or Jade which you probably wouldn't be able to do by hand per se. Also soapstone is prone to scratching once you've polished it so if you have a ring for instance on your hand it's likely that just normal use might end up scratching it unless you keep it in the Raw state of the stone where you wouldn't see the scratch necessarily. All that to say could be worth doing just to see right you never really know but yes soapstone is soft enough to work with hand tools but as I said a file may work better than a knife
@@Andrewgableart thanks a lot for your answer I'll try to do that then and update you if it's a success haha
Would you recommend the same tools
For serpentine?
Beautiful carvings. Can you tell me where I can purchase the Braised Diamond Grinder Attachments ? I can’t find them online. Thanks Andrew.
I get them from Neolithic Stone Company in Vancouver Canada
@@Andrewgableart thanks for info. I love your work!
Porfa vor los nombres de las herramientas en español por favor... the tools name in spanish please
Where do you Buy large pieces of Stone?
I get my stone from gian carlos stoneworks in vancouver bc
Where do you get your stone?
get yourself a pneumatic air grinder, and water polishing kit with diamond pads, you will get better results and your lungs will still work at 50 !!!