It sounds like pipestone is a somewhat soft stone that lends itself to carving. I found this site http://www.greatrough.com/rough_carving.shtml with a picture of both, but where I come from soapstone is usually green or brown. Soapstone is widely used in Inuit (Eskimo) carving - they get the finest grade and most beautiful pieces of stone - the commercially available stuff is nice for practice but pretty uniform and less interesting. P.S. I did make a few pipes with soapstone and marble! :-)
Patrick > -----Original Message----- > From: Marlon Moyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 10:30 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Rock pet (was: Re: Saddam joke) > > > Is pipestone similar to soapstone. I remember living in S.D. and > traveling to MN quite a bit where you would find carved pipestone > statues everywhere. > > Harkins,Patrick wrote: > > >Thanks, Ben - I'll do that. > >I am a closet sculptor - used to carve in soapstone when I > was in my teens. > >I have a 6" x 6" block that I'm trying to decide what to do > with. Hopefully > >this will help me! That's a great story - I think I'd like > to visit there > >some time. > > > >Patrick > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >>Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 5:10 PM > >>To: CF-Community > >>Subject: RE: Rock pet (was: Re: Saddam joke) > >> > >> > >>Patrick- > >> > >>thanks. > >>check out their web site: www.spiritsinstone.com > >> > >>Besides a "virtual gallery", it has pages on the stone, the > >>people, the > >>sculpture process, etc. > >> > >>The curators of the sculpture project in the U.S. are Anthony > >>and Laura Ponter. > >>Tony grew up in Zimbabwe, in the NE of the country near the > >>mountains. His > >>father collected the unique sculpture of the Shona in that > >>region. (Looks a lot > >>like Picasso I think, but was not influenced by "Western" > >>art.) The sculptors > >>believe that the spirits of their ancestors guide them to > >>quarry a particular > >>piece of stone and make a particular thing of it. > >> > >>Tony moved to England then the U.S. where he met Laura. They > >>went to Zimbabwe > >>for their honeymoon. He had planned a safari. She became > >>enchanted by the > >>sculpture at Tony's father's home, and said basically "to > >>heck with the safari, > >>I want to go meet these people and learn about them and their art". > >> > >>They set up a project back in the U.S. to support the artists > >>and bring their > >>sculpture here. They have three galleries in the San > >>Francisco Bay Area, and a > >>headquarters/warehouse on a horse ranch in the wine country > >>near Sonoma. Laura > >>has a love for abused or disabled horses, and provides a > >>place for them to live > >>out the remainder of their lives in dignity with love and > >>care. The sculpture > >>warehouse is a horse barn! > >> > >>We receive notification of events at the ranch, which is by > >>invitation only, > >>and the hippo is our 8th piece of their sculpture for > >>ourselves, plus 3 pieces > >>we have given as gifts. This is the only large heavy piece. > >>Six of the others > >>are on the mantel, one is on my desk at work. > >> > >>-Ben > >> > >> > >> > >>>That is a nice sculpture! And a beautiful piece of stone! > >>> > >>>Patrick > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>-----Original Message----- > >>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >>>>Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 4:23 PM > >>>>To: CF-Community > >>>>Subject: Rock pet (was: Re: Saddam joke) > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>Speaking of Rock, check out these new photos: > >>>>http://www.houseoffusion.com/users/view.cfm?RecordID=195 and > >>>>http://www.houseoffusion.com/users/view.cfm?RecordID=196 > >>>> > >>>>This hippo has several advantages over some of y'all's pets: > >>>>-doesn't eat > >>>>-doesn't mess > >>>>-doesn't scratch > >>>>-doesn't chew > >>>>-doesn't wander off > >>>>-always in a good mood > >>>> > >>>>He's a sculpture from the Shona tribe in Zimbabwe, made out > >>>>of a solid piece of > >>>>serpentine from the Nyanga Mountains, weighs a bit over > >>>> > >>>> > >>210 pounds. > >> > >> > >>>>BTW in #195, it's the one on the _left_ > >>>>:-) > >>>> > >>>>-Ben > >>>> > >>>> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
