Today Michael Many Eagles came to our school. He is a Metis Soapstone Carver. He showed us how to carve an arrowhead out of soapstone. First, we used a file to scrape off the corners to make a pointy arrow. The filing was kind of hard because you had to go back and forth with the file until both sides were pointy. It was very messy because of the dust. Next, we had to carve a groove on each side or all around. Then, we polished our arrowhead with a scrub pad. We had to make sure we did all the sides. It took about five minutes! We used our file just like a pencil to make designs in the soapstone. Last, Michael Many Eagles drilled a hole into our soapstone and we tied it onto a string. The students of Room 24.
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| Michael Many Eagles explaining what we were going to work on. |
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| Working on our soapstone. |
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| Our necklaces. We are so proud! |
