Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Merits And Demerits Of Rock Carving Alberta

By Serena Price


Rock carving Alberta refers to an activity that basically involves removal of pert of the rock or its surface by basically incising, abrading or picking. This is mainly done to achieve particular shapes for the rocks depending on the intended use.

It may not require very high skills to do the curving since only the basic procedure is used at first although the workers have to have a clear idea about each of the varieties of rocks that are used for this purpose and the various advantages of each of them.

Some of them for instance granite and marble are usually the hardest especially the group of the volcanic rocks. Some like limestone are relatively hard, kind of in the middle. Each of these products equally has different colors, textures and the different ability of being polished easily.

Most jewelry is made from these rocks hence they have to be curved to fit the exact designs expected for example the bungles and earrings. Some necklaces are also actually made from these products of wood curving and they are majorly preferred by many people because they are very durable. This has also been a major reason why they are also modified into strong weapons for instance the machetes and small knives which have evidently been used for a long period of time without braking.

Excessive extraction of rocks from the earth can bring possible risks of intense earthquakes and landslides. These have been major world disasters in history since they have been known to cause multiple deaths and loss of property hence have to be taken care of. Most of the extractors may go beyond the limit in a bid to collect a high amount of rock material but end up risking the lives of people.

After the artisan has decided on how he or she wants to curve the ore, he marks it with a pencil or a crayon. This is done to basically indicate the shape in which the carver may want the stone to take. He them proceed to cut some very small grooves into the ore. Here a circular saw is used being passed along the framing marks with extreme care. After this, the artisan continues to chisel the ore around the prior drawn framing marks. After this, the product is refined further by use of a toothed chisel basically to smooth out the ore.

Many people have always preferred purchasing the products made from stone for various reasons for instance, some purchase these products because of their originality and durability although not all of them are very durable. Some of these jewelry may be very delicate especially those made from light weak rocks.

Rock carving Alberta, despite the highlighted disadvantages is an activity that is still ongoing because of the great beauty in its products and its various advantages. Many people have preferred to invest highly in this sector considering the ever increasing demand due to the considerably large size of consumer base. This means very high sales hence a lot of profits.




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