Discover Soapstone |
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Cut, saw, file, and sand. |
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Soapstone - the stone of freedom |
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The principle quality of soapstone is its softness. Thanks to its particular geological composition, the thickest blocks can easily be reduced in size with simple hand tools. This makes it suitable for all and certainly doesn't limit it to the master sculptor in his studio. |
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| "Portrait-Head" Height 19cm-width 16cm-depth 17cm |
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A very democratic material |
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As soapstone is on average 10 to 20 times cheaper than marble or sandstone, you needn't fear messing up an expensive stone, and you take less risk in spoiling the stone when you make cuts or chisels, as when working with soapstone you advance progressively thus reducing the chance of breaking your work. |
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A particular charm of soapstone is that every piece is truly unique. Each block is actually traversed by numerous veins and fissures rather like a blue cheese, which look beautiful when polished up at the end. This interior beauty adds another attractive dimension as every finished piece looks different from another - even if you carve eight draughts for a draughts board - each will be different. |
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A palette of natural colours. |
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| The dominant colours of soapstone are grey, green, pink or white, but this tint isn't always homogenous. Each block actually possesses its own chromatic chemistry and temperament from when it was formed deep inside the earth. Some soapstone when finely polished and viewed from a distance can easily be mistaken for marble. |
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From monumental statues to earrings |
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| With soapstone, all ambitions are allowed. You can make megaliths up to 2m tall to decorate a park or tiny objects to place on a windowsill or wear as an earring. Most soapstone sculptors produce these smaller articles exclusively or from off cuts from larger projects. |
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| "Untitled" by D-J Bauer, 53cm |
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