#soapstone

[yousadclownofaman]

Avocado pit carving has taken over my life, ft some jewelry I’ve been cooking up over the past couple weeks! Making lots of critters. Will definitely be selling stuff like these in the future so feel free to inquire!

[asmeesh]

Really happy with this little guy. The stone came out so beautifully blue in the end, and the deer antler idea worked out great.

I can never think of names for these little animal sculptures, got any ideas?

[thejewellerybox]

Ring set with a mouse design amulet

New Kingdom, c. 1479–1425 B.C.

Gold, glazed steatite (soapstone). Inscribed with the cartouche of Thutmose III.

In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum.

[crassussativum]

@turianspeedjunkie

Once they reached the quarry, Linnaeus found it wasn't quartz or granite at all but soapstone. A vaguely sage and tan color with thin lines of ocher, blue gray and more of that vague green. All worn smooth by thousands of centuries. It stretched high over their heads, smooth and vibrant in places where the sun landed on it, the walls of the quarry naturally curved by the stones' erosion.

It's lovely. He toned over his shoulder, doing his utmost to be clear to assist Siska in understanding him. Linnaeus wasn't sure he even wanted to speak aloud anymore when sounding was so much more comfortable and natural to him.

[arthistoryanimalia]

Whale Effigy 🐳 Chumash (California, West Coast), c.1200-1600 Steatite, shell inlay, 7.1 x 9.5 cm Montreal Museum of Fine Arts 1950.51.Ab.9

[blondebrainpowered]

Soapstone with shell inlay carving of a whale effigy. California, United States, Chumash culture, 1200-1600 CE

[rayyzsteeze]

[engagingobjects]

BOMA hand carved black soapstone owl figurine