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Description
My first soapstone sculpture.
I made this to commemorate my first girlfriend. Who passed away when I was thirteen and still dearly miss. By taking the feeling and instilling it into this sculpt I learned to let go a little better. As it gave it a physical place to be which I could look at and remember when I choose instead of keeping it in my thoughts all the time. The stone was chosen because I wanted it to withstand the tests of time.

I made it within a week by sawing, sanding and polishing it with finer and finer abrasives until I finally used powdered pumace stone. You might notice some yellow discolouration this was unfortunately caused by a bad choice in sealant that I had to remove. So it had to be repolished again but some sealant discoloured the stone to deeply.

Material: Pink soapstone

Completed in 2007

Description
My first soapstone sculpture.
I made this to commemorate my first girlfriend. Who passed away when I was thirteen and still dearly miss. By taking the feeling and instilling it into this sculpt I learned to let go a little better. As it gave it a physical place to be which I could look at and remember when I choose instead of keeping it in my thoughts all the time. The stone was chosen because I wanted it to withstand the tests of time.

I made it within a week by sawing, sanding and polishing it with finer and finer abrasives until I finally used powdered pumace stone. You might notice some yellow discolouration this was unfortunately caused by a bad choice in sealant that I had to remove. So it had to be repolished again but some sealant discoloured the stone to deeply.

Material: Pink soapstone

Completed in 2007