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The Carving Life, by Artist Cindy Presant, stone carving blog

  • Summer Solstice and Sunshine

    by Cindy Presant

    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.

    Posted in 2019, carving, New work, Soapstone, Stone carving

  • Welcome, Spring.

    by Cindy Presant
    Welcoming spring, preparing for carving outside, sketching new ideas, works-in-progress.

  • Fireside Chat about Carving Tools

    by Cindy Presant
    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. 
    Posted in carving, Hand tools, New work, Sculpture, Soapstone, Stone carving

  • Resolve to be creative in 2019

    by Cindy Presant
    Five creative resolutions for 2019 to be more creative in the New Year: consider writing your own.
    Posted in 2019, carving, New Year's resolutions, Walking

  • Carving During Holidays: Arguments with Stone

    by Cindy Presant
    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;

  • Walking to Clear the Mind and Gather Pebbles

    by Cindy Presant
    Picking up beach pebbles is one of my habits...
    Posted in Beach Pebbles, Long Point Beach, Walking