A rock and a hard face

Posted on July 20, 2008 by kimiam

stone carving by Kim Marchesseault I worked some on the hair, the face and began shaping the hand of this lady in limestone. 

I’m working at home now. An area of my deck has a roof over it and a work bench strong enough to hold this rock. My tools are three chisels and a hammer.

When I stop being brutally critical of myself-  stone carving by Kim Marchesseault 21934just relax and the work flows. Click to enlarge.

 

This is part six of the series on this stone carving.

Part 5: Digging deeper

Part 4: Little bit older and a lot less boulder

Part 3: Fo shizzel my chizzel

Part 2: The cure for stonliness is a friend with a chisel

Part 1: Turned to stone

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9 Responses

  1. erikatakacs, on July 23rd, 2008 at 2:34 am Said:

    It’s shaping up nicely. I really like the hair and I can see some features on the face. Looking forward to hands. Keep up the good work and have fun!

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  2. kimiam, on July 27th, 2008 at 3:55 pm Said:

    Thank you for the encouragement!

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  3. wrjones, on July 29th, 2008 at 12:59 am Said:

    Just stopped by to check the progress. Looking good!

    I expect this gives you a greater appreciation of the David.

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  4. wrjones, on August 5th, 2008 at 11:53 pm Said:

    What do you measure against to know how deep to carve?

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  5. madmargaret, on August 26th, 2008 at 9:33 pm Said:

    This is really turning out to be quite stunning! When are we going to see another update? I wanna see more!

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  6. wrjones, on August 29th, 2008 at 1:57 pm Said:

    Oh Kimiam – did you break your chisel?

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  7. kimiam, on September 17th, 2008 at 7:44 pm Said:

    My chisel is fine!! Bill, there is a pencil line on the side of the stone as a loose guideline on how deep to carve.

    MadM, I’ll give you an update soon. Lips are incredibly easy. I thought they’d be so hard. I’ve smoothed the surfaces out with a flat chisel just to see where I stand and I want to refine a bit. The eyes I’m a little worried about defining because that can make or break the work. I’ll get there when I get there, I suppose.

    Sorry for the delay in posting. I was doing more traveling in August and now this project is on hold while my husband and I install wood floors in our house, which is torn up beyond belief and covered in saw dust.

    Also, I’ve been working on a temp exhibition committee doing some writing and taking photographs for a sculpture show in my town.

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  8. wrjones, on September 25th, 2008 at 1:45 pm Said:

    I must say, Kimiam, you have convinced me not to take up stone sculpture. This is waaay too much work. Also, how do you pick it up?

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  9. kimiam, on October 17th, 2008 at 8:14 pm Said:

    Bill, it’s only 70 pounds. Not that hard to lift for short distances. You’d be a great stone carver.

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