Gaia (Sold)

Animal: Grizzly Bear
Stone Type: Soapstone
Weight: 60lb
Dimensions: 16(L) x 13(H) x 9(W)

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purchase Inquiries at:
MOUNTAIN GALLERIES
Fairmont Chateau Whistler, Canada
(604) 935 1862
whistler@mountaingalleries.com

The Creation of Gaia –
“It was pouring rain and I was soaked. I had just spent the last hour digging through hundreds of soapstone boulders of all shapes and sizes trying to select a small group of stones that would become my next batch of grizzly bear carvings. There was one in particular that I kept coming back to. I had pulled it out of a pile of soapstone from India that my supplier directed me onto as per my request for ‘something with interesting color’. The shapes were odd and this boulder I had pulled from the pile was no exception. It was a strange shape and weighed about 150lb. I rolled it around on the rain soaked asphalt trying to find an angle that would work for a grizzly bear. In the end this funny shaped boulder with potential became the stone I used for “Gaia”, the largest of the group of 5 stones I chose that day.”…Read the Full Blog – http://andrewgableart.com/the-creation-of-my-soapstone-carving-gaia/