{"id":3157,"date":"2023-12-01T11:32:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T19:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/?p=3157"},"modified":"2023-12-22T21:15:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T05:15:42","slug":"ancient-civilizations-soapstone-carving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/ancient-civilizations-soapstone-carving\/","title":{"rendered":"Ancient Civilizations & Soapstone Carving"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\"\"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\"Students in Division 1, 2 and 3 at Aubrey Elementary have been learning about Ancient Civilizations and the use of soapstone. Soapstone is a soft metamorphic rock found over the globe that has been used through history by various groups to create art and tools.<\/p>\n

Soapstone’s use dates back to antiquity: early Egyptians carved it into scarabs and seals; in China and India it was used for ornaments, implements and domestic utensils. It was similarly used at various times over the past 7,500 years by First Nations, Inuit and Norse in Canada to create qullic, and oil lamps.<\/p>\n

Indigenous Artist Connect to Nature with Soapstone Carving<\/a><\/p>\n

The Art of Soapstone Carving-A Tabeka Gem Documentary<\/a><\/p>\n

Inuit Soapstone Carvings<\/a><\/p>\n

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Students in Division 1, 2 and 3 at Aubrey Elementary have been learning about Ancient Civilizations and the use of soapstone. Soapstone is a soft metamorphic rock found over the globe that has been used through history by various groups to create art and tools.Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8441,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,44,50,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3157"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8441"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3157"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3198,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3157\/revisions\/3198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}