r/stonecarving

Not quite finished but decided to take a bit of a break on this piece to work on another. Last year of undergrad, trying to figure out my senior show.

Started this project almost exactly a year ago. Pictures from this weekend. 1st picture, marking high spots for removal to establish a flat plane. 2nd picture, pedestal showing nearly finished columns. 3rd picture, the marble inscription ready for last chasing pass. It will mount on the angled face. If I keep putting in an hour a night and get 8 hours per weekend, I might have it done in two weeks. I'm ready to move on.

Carving on white quartz

For context, this pendant was originally on a necklace given to me around 13~ years ago. In the first, third, and fourth pictures, there is a clear break in what used to be a loop that the necklace’s cord went through.

I have two main questions regarding this pendant: ⁠

1. How could I repair this pendant? I do not have the missing piece of the pendant and was wondering what kind of specialist I would consult, as I’ve seen a jeweler and they couldn’t help me. The ideal situation would be for the missing piece to be remade and reattached to the pendant, but I’m not sure if that’s possible.

2. In the second image, there’s a signature on the pendant. If you recognize or are able to read it, please let me know what it says.

two real beauties but the price of a small car !

I'm working on this soapstone piece. It accidentally broke so I'm making it a kind of "deconstructed" sculpture with 6 guage wire holding the pieces apart.

I originally tried going from 80 grit to 400 to 2000. The results are in the third picture where I wet the stone to see how it would shine.

I want to get the scratches out where my fingers are pointing at. I was told to use more grits.

So I got 80, 120, 150, 220, 320, and 400.

I've got a few questions

I was told I should wet sand with every grit. I was also to dry grit until 150, then wet sand after.

1. should I wet sand at every grit or not?

2. how can I get rid of the blemish in the first picture with the blue circle at the top? I think it might look like that because I used a file to sand some of it down.

Should I use a rasp or a file and sand the whole surface to make it uninformed?

And then smooth it out with the sandpaper after?

Thanks!

"Recite the passages... dispel the evil... save my soul... and your own minds!"

Made this in a week long workshop at the Carving Studio in West Rutland, VT. Really pleased with how it came out. A bit more filing to go, but nearly done.