Symposia season is upon us. To go or not? Given the clouding of the economic picture where to go for a clear one? Well, I always read my horoscope, just covering all my bets. My recent prognosticator read “life is like art and often requires collaboration.” And I knew immediately what I wanted to convey […]
SN: Could you give us a little of your personal history as it relates to your being an artist? DM: Most people within NWSSA know me as the “tool man,” since I have been sharing information on power tools at symposia for the past several years. My background in metal fabrication and wood carving brought […]
Written in 1950, Stone Mad was first published in hardback in 1966 and in paperback in 1977 and 1982 by Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited. My copy is a 1997 paperback issue from Blackstaff Press Limited and is a photolithographic facsimile of the first edition. Illustrations are by William Harrington. Seamus Murphy lived from 1907 […]
Would that be the seven-inch angle grinder with diamond tipped blade? Or that finely honed chisel, or the hammer that balances in your hand just so? Some might name the human body as a sculptor’s most important tool. I think it is the mind. Our minds are responsible for creating and designing the best […]
There are 5 to 6 inches of storage space under your car. Try the color enhancer on a scrap or where it won’t show on a finished piece. Tuck loose straps and ropes in when using a hand cart. Don’t rest a piece on a patterned oily rag. Minesweeper game: do you postpone decisions […]
It is always a pleasure to attend an opening of one our fellow sculptors, to see their new works and lend our spiritual support. All the more so when forming a carpool with friends who otherwise may not, by themselves, drive from Seattle to Everett to see an art opening. A group of us made […]
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