THAT....my friends.....is an artist. When your craft nearly maddens you......when the visions in your head are screaming to be set free......and the only one that can let it out, is you.
Well he's not exactly shown us a finished piece with intricate detailing and high finesse, he's just knocked a few chips off. However the ancient artifacts were carved, they were done with a level of skill and precision that is unprecedented by comparison. Seeing how hard he's having to at this I'm willing to say with 100% certainty that copper chisels were not used by the Egyptians!
For Ronald Rae carving granite is a spiritual journey. Using hand tools he is direct contact with the stone. Every chisel mark counts. He would not get the same results using a grinder.
a friend bought me a posh stone carving starter kit recently (and also procured a 3ft long slab of granite + a rough chunk of limestone) - i've been putting-off starting it for ages, but just found this vid - this guy is COOL - the force with which he whacks-away is just ace lol:) - i'm goin back to my garage now for some more hammering :).....inspirational!!!!
I bet he's busted a finger or two over the years lol never seen someone so passionate about a rock before. He was very inspirational standing on that rock I almost mistaked him for Moses.
@@etienne7774 There's plenty of evidence that the ancients were somehow able to mould granite, basalt and other stones. There are basalt "carvings" in India that appear to have melted and megalithic works in Peru which appear to have been vitrified by intense heat
And how exactly did the egyptians precisely shape 100-1000 tons tatues and obelisks with copper chisels? That thing barely chips away with a steel chisel and a sledge hammer. A copper chisel would have folded like a lawn chair against granite.
Why is that misleading question always asked? Copper is not a suggested metal used by Egyptians. They had arsenical copper alloy which is much stronger than copper but still not so great for stone removal in granite. They used flint chisels more effectively.
And this children, is how they carved EVERYTHING in ancient egypt, and no they didn't use steel chissels, they had soft bronze chissels, how amazing is that!... keep.drinking the kool aid ;)
