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Handcrafted Soapstone Lover's Heart Sculpture - White
Handcrafted Soapstone Lover's Heart Sculpture - White
Handcrafted Soapstone Lover's Heart Sculpture - White
Handcrafted Soapstone Lover's Heart Sculpture - White
Handcrafted Soapstone Lover's Heart Sculpture - White
Handcrafted Soapstone Lover's Heart Sculpture - White
Handcrafted Soapstone Lover's Heart Sculpture - White
Handcrafted Soapstone Lover's Heart Sculpture - White

Handcrafted Soapstone Lover's Heart Sculpture - White

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Hand-carved from a single piece of Kisii soapstone by African artisans, this sculpture depicts the sweet love of a couple holding hands, their bodies forming a heart. 

Product Features:

  • Measures approximately 8-inches tall. 
  • Due to the hand-carved nature, each piece may vary in size by up to a half an inch
  • A natural stone, color variations can range from cream to pink to grey to earthy gold in any single piece.  
  • Soapstone is a soft stone, making it easy to carve into many forms. Handle with care to avoid breakage. 
  • Each piece has gone through multiple stages of sanding and waxing, giving the soapstone a satiny finish.
  • Socially responsible products that empower consumers to purchase according to their values and help alleviate global poverty.
  • Fair Trade is an alternative business model that values safe workplaces, fair wages and community investment for factory employees.

Story Behind the Art:

Each sculpture is artfully hand-carved from a single piece of Kisii soapstone, found only in the hills of southwestern Kenya. Mining the soapstone from surface hills is a labor-intensive process, using little to no machinery. Laborers works with shovels, picks, axes and machetes to carve out large soapstone chucks, which are then carved into beautiful art. ​

 

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* Due to the artisanal nature of this product, color and size may vary.

THE STORY BEHIND THE PRODUCT

Artisan Organization: SMOLArt

Country: Kenya

"Our Soapstone is carved by the artists of SMOLArt a group of artists who live in the rural village of Tabaka, Kenya, the heart of soapstone crafts. The name, a shortened version of Small, Medium, and Large Artists, refers to the size of the soapstone products the artisans make, not their stature. Established in 1990, SMOLArt is a member of the WFTO, and as such assures that the artisans are paid a fair price for their work. In addition, the organization support community development by contributing to projects that improve living conditions, education, and health of their members and the village at large. Soapstone is mined from great pits in the area surrounding Kiisi, Kenya. The mined soapstone is then delivered to carvers who carve sculptures from the natural stone for the wholesale market, the color of which ranges from cream, to pink, to brown, to yellow, to black, to a marbling of all of them. Once carved, the craftspeople smooth rough edges of the soapstone with sandpaper dipped in water and polish the piece to a high gloss or paint African motifs in brilliant colors with etched accents. All of the soapstone products we sell are completely handmade. The tools consist of household items from screwdrivers, hand drills, to switchblades. "Pangas," sword-like tools usually used for cutting down vegetation, are used to cleave the stone in the mines."

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Beautiful

Lovely!

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