![Sunshine!](https://oldworldstonecarving.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/lips-18.jpg)
![Sandstone, Stainless Steel 24" x 48" x 48" Smiling through it all, 365 days a year.](https://oldworldstonecarving.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/lips-17.jpg)
24″ x 48″ x 48″
Smiling through it all, 365 days a year.
Sandstone lips, slight smile, a bit sexy.
![Lunch stop](https://oldworldstonecarving.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/lips-1.jpg)
Maryann and myself went the quarry and picked out the right block. Maryann wants a lips sculpture, and I have suggested a burgundy sandstone. We had a good time going to the quarry in northeast Ohio, through Amish country. It was a beautiful Fall day.
![Rakish light at the end of the day](https://oldworldstonecarving.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/lips-4.jpg)
I carved a 1/2 scale model in styrofoam before beginning anything in the stone.
![This goes back to the Egyptians.](https://oldworldstonecarving.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/lips-6.jpg)
After drilling a series of holes, I put in the pins and feathers and split off the excess. Yes, it’s a damn nice drill.
![Graffitti this, baby](https://oldworldstonecarving.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/lips-7.jpg)
I enlarged the apex points of the model to create the drawing. The dark color on the pencil lines is the hair spray I use to secure the pencil line; otherwise it will blow away when I blow the dust off the stone as I carve it.
![3D. What a concept](https://oldworldstonecarving.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/lips-8.jpg)
I have drilled and cut and chiseled in a good bit. All is well.
![Waiting for delivery.](https://oldworldstonecarving.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/lips-11.jpg)
Carving complete. I’m going to miss those lips.
![amazing how strong stainless steel really is](https://oldworldstonecarving.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/lips-14.jpg)
To hold the lips above grass level so they seem to float over the lawn, I made a stainless steel “shadow” of the lips. This will also keep plants from growing under it.
![Stones don't shiver. Ever.](https://oldworldstonecarving.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/lips-13.jpg)
Floating over a stainless steel plate on stainless pins, the piece will be placed in a meadow setting, and will appear to float just over the ground, always, all seasons, long, long, long. A slight smile, recorded. Thanks Maryann!