I love lettering- There’s so much history behind the letters we use, and I feel like each letter I carve is a record of myself and the progress I’ve made. This typeface is challenging and fun, but I wouldn’t have been able to do this when I first started.

Fun fact: The sanding process can take just as long as the carving process if you do it right, especially when doing it by hand. Who has an audiobook reco for me?

Pretty sure whoever decided to use gothic text for the bitaxe graphics did it because they knew I’d carve it in stone. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

What a beauty of a stone. Almost ready to start sanding and polishing. For anyone new, this commission began with a 1000lb block of orange honeycomb calcite. A few hundred pounds carved away and here we are. Who wants to commission a giant ₿ in marble next?

Back to work on the giant ₿ I’ve been getting over Covid and finally feeling well enough jump back in. A few people have asked how I get into this narrow area.. the answer is with time and patience. I use this small diamond bit on a die grinder and just work it from various angles. Eventually I’ll use diamond files and sandpaper, but this one tool does the job for most of it. Nearly ready to start sanding and then polishing. When the sculpture is “done” I’ll then bring it to a specialty shop to powder coat it in a clear, UV resistant finish.

Can anyone guess what’s getting installed in the rectangle after I carve those beautiful gothic letters?