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Dianne Davis | 1 Dec 2006 01:32
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Re: raki

it's spelled reiki and here's a website that explains what it is:
http://www.reiki.org/FAQ/WhatIsReiki.html

i hope this is helpful,

dianne

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Dear N

I thought it looked funny maybe "Reki" but spell-check wont like it 

Clive

Sculptor Clive Murray-White
Cowwarr Art Space
Cowwarr  Vic. Aus.
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John fisher | 2 Dec 2006 18:25
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Small sculptures


I noticed on the list that there was a conversation about work benches and I
wanted to share a happy discovery that I made the other day while working on
a small sculpture.

I have a small piece of plastic foam, that is very dense, which came from
packing material that was used to crate a sculpture I sent back from Italy a
few years ago. I had saved it to use to knell on while working on my knees
or to sit on if the ground was hard or damp. The other day I had thrown it
up on my carving bench and for some reason put a small block of marble up
and started to work with a subia or point chisel. Now normally on my wooden
surface the small block would move around and eventually I would get out my
portable wooden vice and clamp it down. But on that dense foam the small
piece of stone did NOT budge. It wouldn't slide on the foam nor did the foam
slide on the wooden top of my bench. What a joy not to have to get out that
vice.

At other times I have found that the vice is too limiting for work on small
pieces and I end up doing a lot of carving holding the sculpture between my
knees. I find this really useful as I can slightly rotate the sculpture with
my knees while carving which allows me to continue to chase down my
profiles.

So now I am going to make my surface of my work bench of this hard dense
foam, which also makes sense for protecting the sculpture while working with
the piece laying down.

It is nice to carve some small work now that I just finished another
monumental 25 ton block. You can wail on those as hard as you want and they
never move.
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Robin Antar | 2 Dec 2006 20:19

Re: [stone]air mask


I have been getting emails asking about my mask set up so I figured I should
post it so if anybody is interested it is available to all.

Anyway the 3M waist pack with filters I got form Brad sculpture supply or
you could get it from Northern safety supplies. I was it in there catalog.
Yes it is made by 3M. 

However the face shield that comes with the air mate by 3M does not give
much protection that is why I got the face shield from SAS Safety go to
http://www.sassafety.com/about.asp

The ones from SAS Safety hocks up to a compressor. I did not want to be
connected to a hose that is why I connected it to the air mate from 3M. You
have to cut the hose and connect it to the larger hose from 3M. Go my blog
and you will see my set up in the video shown on the blog.

I must warn you this set up is not cheap. It also comes with a glasses set
to put your glasses inside. Which you have to put your lenses inside. 

The mask without the glasses is around $260.00 the glasses kit is $70
without your lenses, which in my case was another $300. I have bad eyes -11
in my left eye and I am blind in my right eye that is why I am so careful
with safety stuff.

Then they price of the 3M filter waist pack and charger. Is most likely
around 400.00 I do not remember I got that part in 2001. 

Sorry it took so long to answer, if you have any more questions please feel
free to ask.
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alyosha | 3 Dec 2006 22:48

Re: Small sculptures

saw your messgae about using foam which i will try. I have always used a 
sandbox for smaller works which is great cos the sand stops movement, 
protects edges and also helps to provide support for delicate work!
alyosha
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From: "John fisher" <artisti@...>
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Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 5:25 PM
Subject: [stone] Small sculptures

I noticed on the list that there was a conversation about work benches and I
wanted to share a happy discovery that I made the other day while working on
a small sculpture.

I have a small piece of plastic foam, that is very dense, which came from
packing material that was used to crate a sculpture I sent back from Italy a
few years ago. I had saved it to use to knell on while working on my knees
or to sit on if the ground was hard or damp. The other day I had thrown it
up on my carving bench and for some reason put a small block of marble up
and started to work with a subia or point chisel. Now normally on my wooden
surface the small block would move around and eventually I would get out my
portable wooden vice and clamp it down. But on that dense foam the small
piece of stone did NOT budge. It wouldn't slide on the foam nor did the foam
slide on the wooden top of my bench. What a joy not to have to get out that
vice.

At other times I have found that the vice is too limiting for work on small
pieces and I end up doing a lot of carving holding the sculpture between my
knees. I find this really useful as I can slightly rotate the sculpture with
my knees while carving which allows me to continue to chase down my
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abknight | 4 Dec 2006 13:30
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The Entasis of the Reed Bundle

  No Doric temple, he tells us, is dumb or mute. It is
more likely to be stained, inlaid, and covered with gilt
bronze trophies, painted ornaments and inscriptions.
"'Buttonholing' or 'garrulous' would seem a more
appropriate description."

  Poussin wrote to his friend Fréart to enjoy both the
pretty girls of Nîmes and the columns of the temple
known as the Maison Carrée, "since the second are merely
agèd copies of the first."

From a review quoting Joseph Rykwert's "The Dancing Column"

http://www.columbia.edu/~jc65/reviews/rykwert.rev.html
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Micki Mitchell | 4 Dec 2006 23:33
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Looking for advise on respirators

Hello ,
  Would someone please let know where I can purchase a 1 micron respirator on-line. And I be interested in
knowing where I can get soapstone . I live in    Vermontt part time and Alberta part time.I'd appresiate all
the help I can get
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Wayne and Betty Sager | 5 Dec 2006 21:04
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Re: Looking for advise on respirators

http://www.giancarlostone.com/  supplies stone to Alberta as well.

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Hello ,
  Would someone please let know where I can purchase a 1 micron respirator
on-line. And I be interested in knowing where I can get soapstone . I live
in    Vermontt part time and Alberta part time.I'd appresiate all the help I
can get
   Micki

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abknight | 8 Dec 2006 15:34
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Show and Tell

http://www.akrider.com/images/06j35.jpg

Dear Stone List,  as a viewer, not a carver, I repeatedly
intrude my interests into your captive audience.   I try
to restrain myself from presenting you with material that
might be unpopular.   I just really like this image.  I
don't know who the artist is, it's not a good photograph. 
It just seems quite remarkable to me.  There is no
explaining it.  It is not good or bad, this or that.  It
is more of a tickle.  Please excuse, I just can't sit mum
on stuff like this.  Look!  Look!

Bill
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Robin Antar | 8 Dec 2006 16:07

Re: Show and Tell

Thanks bill that was very cool

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capturing contemporary everyday objects in stone.  By replicating the model
on a life-scale along with marking and symbol details, I attempt to freeze
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abknight | 8 Dec 2006 16:57
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Re: Show and Tell

Thank you Robin,

Looking at something all by myself is not always
satisfying to me.  Often I need to hear others say they
saw it too.  I just do not believe my eyes.

The stone work is somewhere on the island of Honshu, Japan.
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