Re: pumice as sculpting medium

Somebody was telling me about this stuff called air block, is this the =
same
thing

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-----Original Message-----
From: blb [mailto:blb@...]=20
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 8:00 PM
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Subject: [stone] pumice as sculpting medium

On Aug 31, 2007, at 10:20 AM, Rachel W. Trockman, M.D. wrote:

>  I cannot picture how it might work as a =3D
> sculpture
> medium.

A couple of friends in the Seattle area carve it all the time. They =20
get chunks a few cubic feet in size from the local landscaping stone =20
yards. They carve it with make shift tools - hatchet, saw blades, =20
rasps, putty knife as a chisel, and any a number of other imaginative =20
tools. It is ridiculously abrasive and wears out most tools quickly. =20
Both sculptors are accomplished carvers in regular stone, but they =20
just like the fast work of porous material, especially for quickly =20
creating garden art that you can sell for 50-150 bucks.

It serves as a good teaching medium also. Sometimes called =20
"featherstone".

Bill

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