I 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

I 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.