How to Carve a Sea Turtle in Soapstone | Full Step-by-Step Tutorial

Carve your own soapstone sea turtle with this full step-by-step tutorial. In this video, we guide you through the complete carving process — from shaping raw soapstone to sanding and waxing your finished sculpture. This project is suitable for beginners, families, classrooms, and anyone curious about working with real stone. You’ll learn essential subtractive sculpting techniques including filing for shape, refining details, progressive sanding, and applying finishing wax to bring out the natural beauty of soapstone. Take your time, enjoy the tactile process, and watch your animal emerge from the stone. This tutorial follows our Sea Turtle Soapstone Carving Kit, but the same techniques can be applied to any of our soapstone or alabaster projects. Studiostone Creative creates hands-on carving experiences designed to make sculpting accessible to all ages. Our kits and educational programs combine creativity, mindfulness, and skill-building through the timeless art of stone carving. Explore carving kits and educational programs: 🌿 Website: https://studiostonecreative.com/ 🎒 Sea Turtle Kit:https://studiostonecreative.com/colle... 🏫 School programs: https://studiostonecreative.com/pages... 📸 Instagram: @studiostonecreative 📝 Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:42 Set Up 01:04 Stage 1 01:47 Stage 2 02:55 Stage 3 05:51 Stage 4 08:48 Stage 5 11:08 Stage 6 12:55 Stage 7 17:28 Stage 8 20:19 Stage 9 22:56 Finished #soapstonecarving #alabastercarving #stonecarving #sculptingtutorial #beginnercarving #subtractiveSculpture #DIYCraft #crafttutorial #handmadeart #creativeprocess #makercommunity #arteducation #classroomart #STEAMeducation #homeschoolart #artteacher #mindfulcraft #slowcraft #satisfyingprocess #ASMRcarving #calmcreative #kidsartproject #familycraft #creativekids #handsOnLearning #studiostonecreative #soapstone #alabaster #realstone #carvingkit #learnsculpting #seaturtle #seaturtleart