My artwork is stone and bronze sculptures and I work with marble, limestone and granite, too. When I crave stone either contemporary or traditional form about wildlife, bears, Hawk etc. Bronze sculpture is lost-wax process and I'll build a clay model using aluminum armature wire and sculpture clay that is 110 degree melting point. Once clay model is complete, I will deliver it to foundry. To carve stone, safety precautions to protect myself eye wear, full face mask and ear plugs. When stone grinder will put a lot dust into work space. To carve stone, I cut stone with 4"to 7" angle grinder diamond blades and air hammer, sanding wheels, wet-sanding block and/or pads 60grid to 600grid. Than, wax polish ready for display and base, too.
