StoneCarving news

Youngster carving out impressive career

TVNZ - Jan 19, 2012
Tyler Langerveld, 14, chisels his Oamaru stone carving at Maidstone Park, Upper Hutt, ahead of the 8th annual symposium this weekend. - Source: Fairfax He's only 14 but Tyler Langerveld of Upper Hutt is already something of a veteran at carving. ...

When it comes to crafts, think beyond needlepoint

Toronto Star - Jan 16, 2012
As Laren Stover describes some of these free spirits in Bohemian Manifesto: A Field Guide to Living on the Edge, “They practice crafts on the verge of extinction: stone carving and masonry, glass-blowing, papermaking, paper marbling, stained glass, ...

Three-day gems and stones exhibition opened

The News International - Jan 22, 2012
JTMC offers free training in five related courses, including manual jewellery designing, gem stone carving and gem stone identification. This correspondent interviewed some stall holders, who include miners, exporters and importers: they said around 70 ...

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Stone Carving books

Objects of Translation: Material Culture and Medieval "Hindu-Muslim" Encounter

by: Finbarr B. Flood

Objects of Translation offers a nuanced approach to the entanglements of medieval elites in the regions that today comprise Afghanistan, Pakistan, and north India. The book--which ranges in time from the early eighth to the early thirteenth centuries--challenges existing narratives that cast the period as one of enduring hostility between monolithic "Hindu" and "Muslim" cultures. These narratives of conflict have generally depended upon premodern texts for their understanding of the past.
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Sculpture: Principles and Practice

by: Louis Slobodkin, Art Instruction
This authoritative introduction to sculpture covers forms of sculpture, how to construct an armature, build a model stand, carving, much more. Invaluable for beginners but skilled sculptors will find its broad scope useful. "Instruction and appreciation become one in this book." — School Arts. 253 illustrations.

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Stone Carving videos

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Introduction to Stone Carving Tools and Techniques

Instructor Treden Wagoner gives a basic overview of stone carving tools and demonstrates their use. This video was produced to accompany the exhibition, "The Mourners: Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy" at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. The exhibition is free and runs Sunday, January 23 through Sunday, April 17, 2011. The exhibition presents thirty-eight miniature mourners (approximately 14 inches high) from the arcaded sarcophagus of Duc Jean sans Peur. The mourners were carved in the late 14th and early 15th centuries in alabaster. www.artsmia.org

 

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Jonathan Wylder Stone Carving 2000.wmv

Jonathan Wylder the sculptor carving " Sleeping Muse" in limestone , In 2000, now in a private collection. www.jonathanwylder.com

 

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Zen Toolworks CNC Stone Carving With V Bit

V bit carving on a small piece of soft stone (about 1 x 2 inch). V bit used is 15 degree, 3.00 mm diameter and 0.1 mm tip width. It took around half an hour to complete. The result is very smooth. Using EMC2 to control the machine movement. Spindle is turned on and off by controller board. The machine is equiped with home/limit switches using proximity sensors on X and Y Axis.

 

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China stone carving factories in HD

HD view of Xiamen's International Stone fair + China's stone carving factories as filmed by Saxton Imports Chinese stone importers to the UK.

 

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stone carving in Haiti

Comité Artisanal Haitïen works with skilled stone carvers in Haiti to help them find fair markets for their products. The stone is found abundantly in the mountains and riverbeds in Haiti. The carvers transform the stone using simple hand tools to create beautiful decorative and functional stone pieces. Watch the video to learn more about each step in the stone carving process.