Circumstances have once again made me your president until Camp B. We received a handful of emails expressing opinions about the proposed changes to our by-laws that we mailed out to you. Thanks for your input. We have attempted to answer some of your concerns through emails. At our April 19 meeting, the board […]
When they sent me a list of questions to prompt my submitting material for an article about myself, the first question was: Who are you? I’ve never thought bio’s to be of enduring interest to anyone but the person they describe—so I’ve contrived shortest sketch possible to show how I fit in our stone sculpture […]
The word, “workmanship” in the title of this book may have raised your curiosity. If I then told you that the author, David Pye, was Professor of Furniture Design at the Royal College of Art, London, you might be scratching your head wondering, “What does this have to do with stone sculpture?” Let me explain. […]
The NWSSA annual member’s exhibit at the Kirsten Gallery is just around the corner. This year’s show will be September 12 through October 16 2009. It’s not too early to begin making your plans to show at the Kirsten. And in other news: the SKY NURSERY at Aurora and 187th in Seattle has just built […]
There are five to six inches of storage space under your car. Try the color enhancer on a scrap of your stone or where it won’t show on the finished piece. Tuck in loose straps and ropes when using a hand cart. Don’t rest a piece on a patterned oily rag. Take my word […]
White, creamy limestone has been a staple of Pacific Northwest sculptors since 1992 when 6 tons of Utah oolitic found its way to the Northwest Stone Sculptors 5th annual carving symposium. It owes its continued popularity (10 tons at the 1993 symposium and many more tons subsequently) to its ease of carving, low cost and […]
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