Point Chisel Demonstration for Marble Sculpting and Stone Carving 

Nicely nice!

Wow, just what the doctor ordered. I am excited to expand my knowledge base in all things Stone carving. I have been sculpting for years but I admit I do not have the answers and lots of questions. I had aspirations when I went to RU-vid last night to maybe view a couple Stone carving videos and pick up a thing or two. To my delight I stumbled cross something that I have only dreamed of. An articulate intelligent instructor to share with me all aspects of stone sculpting in a concise practical manner. To my surprise my dream came true. This might be old news but for some of you or this could be just what you were looking for. And what a unique way to help support this art form and these two Stone carving apostles. The sculpting world needs our help to preserve this knowledge and carry it forward to the generations that follow. I love the unique way they set up a patronage support method in stead of an advertising clickbait way to help this endeavor succeed. What is Sculpting Stone? Sculpting Stone is an educational documentary project aimed at preserving and promoting knowledge about stone sculpture, and making sure that it is available for free for people all over the world. It will feature a comprehensive video series and website which will serve as a digital hub for information related to the art, craft and history of carving stone Steve Shaheen www.patreon.com/Sculpting_Stone

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Very nice presentation for such a short video.

What are you trying to accomplish by rotating the point chisel with every strike? Are you trying to keep it sharper slightly longer? I carve stone and I have a hard time believing this makes a measurable difference, seems like a hassle for no reason. But maybe there is a good reason, let me know

nice... but why a Vertical Video, and why is the voice barely audible? Was it meant for instagram?

You're carving very inefficiently and are fundamentally wrong about the entire process. To begin with, totally wrong about how a baseball bat is swung. Not at all with that swinging motion from the shoulder. If baseball, then we should talk not about swinging, but throwing the ball. For we essentially throw the hammer at the chisel. The shoulder ROTATES. As it rotates the arm bent at the elbow straightens, then comes the cocked wrist flexing downward. It's like throwing a baseball out of a moving vehicle, one speed is added to the previous, increasing velocity and velocity plus mass equals force. Your technique comes closer to granite carving, where the hammer rebounds from the chisel more focefully and allows the carver to sort of dribble the hammer like a basketball. But marble must be struck differently. To prevent stunting the blow must be more like cracking an egg on the edge of a pan, and not smashing the egg down over the edge, but sort of a snap. This snap is all about wrist movement. If not the snap at the end you're going to be blunt force and smash the egg to goo all over the kitchen. Also, the elbow can't be flapping around in mid air like that, but must be close to the torso, with the upper arm hanging directly below the shoulder. You could even slip a piece of paper between elbow and torso to train, getting so the paper never slips out. Another thing about the wrist. If it is not cocked backwards but held up at a right angle to the forearm the the grip will have to tense up to stay in control. With a flexed wrist the weight of the hammer is balanced and the grip can be very lose. This is extremely important as it allows that light touch that allows the egg-crack on the side of the pan. A tight grip will not allow rebound in the hammer head and the momentum will crush the egg, ie, stunt the marble crystals. Even granite carving retains these principles. The granite point should sort of explode. Not driven in, but an explosive crack to fracture the stone. I can't understand how the technique you promote could possibly be in common practice ... but I guess the "expert syndrom" where the wrong technique is automatically accepted from the more experienced. Simply paying attention to what happens will show you how to not do it ... then after doing it not right enough one will stumble upon one's correct way. Just be sensitive to what's happening and forget the experts.