The Carving Life, by Artist Cindy Presant, stone carving blog
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Gifting Gently This Christmas
Gifts and Blessings of 2019, carving soapstone and learning new skills. -
Six Strategies For Collecting Canadian Stone Sculpture
Buying original stone sculpture can be an uncertain process for those who are new to collecting. This article discusses six strategies for choosing original stone carvings. -
Road trip: Sculpture Supply Canada
Road trip to Sculpture Supply Canada in Etobicoke to look at carving stone and tools. -
Reflections on a Stone Carving Festival
Participating in the 2019 Canadian Stone Carving Festival in Ottawa this past summer - my preparation, tools, and what it was like to carve alongside 39 other carvers, carving a 12"x12"x8" piece of limestone in 18 hours. -
Salamander in Stone
The artistic process to carve a Mole Salamander in Brazilian soapstone by Carver Cindy Presant, and some thoughts on sculpture. -
Summer Solstice and Sunshine
I’ve been carving limestone for the first time this spring, along with my soapstone.
Limestone is much different than soapstone to work with (drier, grittier), but better for fine detail and lettering.
I carved an address marker for myself from a piece of Indiana Limestone. It features a snake, turtle, and salamander. -
Welcome, Spring.
Welcoming spring, preparing for carving outside, sketching new ideas, works-in-progress. -
Fireside Chat about Carving Tools
Good woodworking tools will be sufficient for many carvings. Basic hand chisels, hand saws, coarse rasps, and rifflers give the ability to carve the softer soapstones, like most Brazilian soapstone. -
Resolve to be creative in 2019
Five creative resolutions for 2019 to be more creative in the New Year: consider writing your own. -
Carving During Holidays: Arguments with Stone
I’m working on three pieces right now - one that is giving me a lot of grief, because the stone doesn’t want to be the animal I want it to be; -
