Stone Carving Kit ProjeCtS

Stone Carving Kit Projects
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The stone enclosed in your kit is soft and can be carved, whittled and/or rasped by hand with
the tools in your kit. Is is a piece of soapstone, one of the primary carving stones. They all carve
and polish easily.
OWL
Draw a template of the front and side views of your owl on a piece of paper. Copy this drawing directly onto the stone of your choice with a pen or artist’s pencil. (Figure 1). Using one of the
two rasps or carving knife, remove excess stone outside your drawn owl. Continue to carve and
rasp until your owl is to your liking (Figures 2 - 3).
(Figure 1)
(Figure 2)
(Figure 3)
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OWL (cont’d)
As with the cardholder, finish your owl by smoothing and polishing with the wet and dry sheets
and polishing oil as desired (Figures 4-5).
Sometimes an interesting stone affect is to leave portions of your stone roughly rasped or dully
sanded rather than polished to a high gloss.
Figure 4
Figure 5
BUSINESS CARD HOLDER
Take a rectangular piece of stone and score a straight line (make a notch) in a section of the
stone that will cradle the business cards (Figure 6). Using the carving knife or a rasp, expand your
notch to a depth that will accommodate your cards (Figure 7).
Figure 6
Figure 7
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BUSINESS CARD HOLDER (cont’d)
Continue carving the notch with a rasp and/or knife until the proper depth has been achieved
(Figure 8).
Polish the entire piece stone with the wet and dry sheets and polishing oil (Figure 9). (You can
even carve a decoration or design into the cardholder if you’d like using any of the tools.) Congratulations .... you’ve carved a beautiful business cardholder (Figure 10).
Figure 8
Figure 9
Figure 10
TIPS
Wear your dust mask while you carve, rasp and sand for your safety.
You can see the true color of your stone by dampening it. So keep a damp soft cloth or towel
handy so you can check the color of your stone while working with it.
You can always easily polish alabaster and soapstone with a soft clean cloth after finishing with
your wet and dry sheets.
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