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Safety for Stone Carving 1. The Mental and Physical Thing: Is your mind clear and focused on doing your work safely? Are you impaired in any way? 2. Your Work Space: Is your workspace free of tripping hazards? Is there enough light to see what you are doing. General house keeping. 3. Personal Protective Equipment […]
The Wet Carving Box and How to Carve in Small Places For over a decade, I’ve worked year round in my basement wet carving stone. I have constructed a small work place to eliminate the dust, contain the water, and work in the comfort of a controlled environment. This presentation is an introduction to what […]
Sanding mandrels are very useful in grinding, rounding, and sanding the upper inside lips of stone vases. The transition between a flat surface and a core-drilled hole is usually sharp, rough, or even damaged. The mandrel on a die grinder allows you to shape, sand and polish this area. Presented below is how to make […]
The other day I had some pain in my wrist. I had been working on a piece with the air hammer and hand tools. This pain lingered for days. For over 40 years, 30 years as a Pile Driver, I have subjected my body to bad vibrations. Chain saws, rivet busters ( small jackhammers), large […]
Take apart cedar pedestals are a response to several needs: This design has proven itself starting in 2011 and over the course of a one day workshop in October 2013, 8 members build over 17 pedestals. This article tells you about how to build your own. Below are the instructions and diagram. ([Click Here] to download […]
Dust produced while working with stone containing silica and other harmful minerals is not just an annoying problem, it is a real concern and threat to your health as well as anyone who hangs around your dust filled studio space. Maybe you work wet on everything, capture all the sludge run-off and keep it contained, […]
Hi, Pat. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? I lived and grew up on a dairy farm in South Prairie, Washington, not far from Buckley, or Enumclaw. My mother, sister and I took care of 60 milk cows. My father commuted to and worked in Seattle, he worked on the farm on […]
“Nooksack Dream”Pat Bartonbartonstonework.comprice: NFSContact Pat Barton(425)-643-0756pat@bartonstonework.comWEB: Pat Barton’s Stone Work Forms in nature and the interior beauty of the hard stones inspire me. I mainly focus on abstract forms in hard stone. I combine natural river rounded forms and carving areas that complement and put a sense of motion into the existing form. I carve to create […]
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