Re: in israel

Hana,
I would have thought you'd be looking at grinding (lapidary work),not
carving, with flint in the same fashion as jade. Would this be right
Robin?

Cheers,

Richard   =20

-----Original Message-----
From: Hana Levi Julian, CSW [mailto:alj770@...]=20
Sent: Wednesday, 2 May 2007 7:38 AM
To: stone@...
Subject: [stone] in israel

hi all,
i am a relatively new sculptor in israel, working primarily in alabastar
and soapstone learned with robin antar in brooklyn

i have a few rasps and chisels with me, and a couple of stones, but
that's about it.

i need to buy more chisels and rasps, some grinders and an air press.
where can i get those things here?
also -- where can i get alabastar, soapstone..........?
(yes, i know i have to someday graduate to harder stones, like limestone
-- this is robin's fault -- although i doubt i will ever have the
strength or patience to work in marble, even though there is an
abundance of that here, especially in the south.)............

one more question --------- does anyone know which tools are needed to
work with flint?  there is a huge amount of it in the wadi just outside
my house and i would love to try it...........also there is a quarry
with beautiful quartz outside my bedouin friends' village..........

thanks,
hana

=20
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