Day 29 - Twisty Kenyan Soapstone Thing

[vilakins]

I wasn't feeling well for some of the day and also had to go out, so I cast about for a quick subject for today's naarmamo. This is an ornament my brother gave me a few years ago, a lovely smooth golden thing made of some sort of smooth shiny stone with tiny little mottled marks on it. It didn't look right till I found a suitable brush and added speckles

Comments

[jhall1]

I like that. It's rather reminiscent of Escher.

[vilakins]

It is! And it's completely symmetrical through one plane (rotate it 180 degs). You can get quite different looks by turning it: two Ds, a pierced loop. This view showed it best though.

[reapermum]

I've seen those before, they do look very good. I think it's soapstone and googling led me to this ad on eBay.

[vilakins]

Oh, yes! I think it's soapstone too; it has a similar look to some green soapstone bookends I have, with the little speckles. So it's from Kenya? THen it goes with the lovely pink, probably also soapstone Kenyan cat I have, whose very minimalist and Egyptian looking.

{[Edit] And I see it's Fair Trade; my brother has bought me beautiful items from Fair Trade in the past. This is definitely it!

[jaxomsride]

If its soapstone then its more likely to be carved. i love these sort of sculptures they are so cool to touch.

[vilakins]

I thought it was carved, and it does look like other soapstone things I have. Thank you, people.