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About a thousand years ago plus or minus five hundred years, rune stones where being carved all over Europe. With a little bit, OK a whole bunch of p...
I've got a lot of tools that I reserve specifically for stone carving, but the truth is all you really need is a really big nail, a file to sharpen it...
If you want to buy some stone carving tools this is all I recommend at first, a 1 lb or 1/2 kilo hammer and a medium center point chisel, there's lots...
Historical tools for stone carving in Northern Europe were pretty simple so you don't need to spend a lot of money, start out simple and add as you ne...
You can get large pavers or small ones for that matter at most landscaping yards. Rather then me try and explain the different types of stone, just g...
Step 2 Part C The selected stone is examined for fractures and surface condition. Numerous areas are noted and marked. (normally I would I would...
Step 2 Part D Loose areas are flaked of by inserting a chisel into cracks and either scraping or twisting. Step 2 Part E An 8 oz. ham...
This is a good time to practice with you off hand, sooner or later you'll get tired and it's the wrong time to practice when a mistake can cost you 10...
Up or down left or right, more practice less mistakes
The large flaw at the top of the stone is very deep and there are an additional 4 flaws higher up the stone. I decide to remove the top 1 foot o...
I begin to concentrate on the flaw, deepening it into a cut, as much as possible I want to preserve the natural appearance of the stone sot the cut li...
The stone is cut through initially on the far left then the crack widened
Success! A sharp rap on the area to be removed causes a crack to run through the relief cut. This process is similar to the process used in quarrying....
I become concerned about the percussion from hammering causing the upper section to visibly vibrate and so remove the free hanging section thus stoppi...
Still concerned about vibration I knap off more of the upper area. Knapping involves striking the stone on it’s edge sharply to remove chips, it requi...
After the larger portion is removed, sharp edges are chipped down by direct percussion
Oepir my favorite Rune carver from the 12th Century may or may not have been several people or a guild of sorts, he was one of the most prolific carve...
with practice you can not only carve to the edge but over the edge and to the back of the stone, but for this one I stayed on one side After all fl...
After laying out the edge, the border is laid out, which is a lindisorm, or a great serpent. The main portion of the verse will be written in the ce...
The second figure is drawn in incorporating the three circles. Lesser orms (serpents) are drawn in but will not be fully incorporated until the carvin...
Wax takes the place of chalk and design issues are resolved. Since all three loops intersect at the center, one bend is moved slightly out of line to ...
Paints and colors are a matter of personal choice, I usually limit myself to historical paints that I've made myself just because I'm crazy that way. ...
Step 4 Part B My first couple of stones were done in English transposed to Elda Runor (calling it Futhark is like calling the English alphabet Abcd...
The protective coating, being a hardheaded historical type I finish my stones by rubbing them down with linseed oil but you can use any clear finish, ...
Serriosly, give it away or else you'll bury your self in rocks. Find some unsuspecting sap and give it to them. They can put it in their garden or m...
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