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I have a new addiction to stone carvings from trips to Africa and India. Expensive shipping, but not something I find in the mall. The depth of skill in carvi
by dade_ 6y ago
I have a new addiction to stone carvings from trips to Africa and India. Expensive shipping, but not something I find in the mall. The depth of skill in carving is is quite spectacular. It is one thing to make an animal, but I am impressed by the skill of an artist to create a lifelike pose, facial expression, claws, teeth and muscles. Even more so as they express ideas and emotions through abstract sculpture.
- grawprog 6y agoI got into stone carving for a while when I was working at a granite shop. Any time we got some soap stone or onyx I'd grab a chunk and make pipes, jewelry and animals and stuff. I was never able to do things like this >to create a lifelike pose, facial expression, claws, teeth and muscles But it's a really fun relaxing hobby. The feeling of shaping a piece of stone with some tools is really like nothing else. It makes you feel connected with the earliest days of humanity. You can picture thousands of years ago, someone doing something not so very different.