Which sculptor wrote the following poem?
As a trustworthy model for my vocation,
at birth I was given the ideal of beauty,
which is the lamp and mirror of both my arts.
If any think otherwise, that opinion’s wrong:
for this alone can raise the eye to that height
which I am preparing here to paint and sculpt.
Even though rash and foolish minds derive
beauty (which moves every sound mind
and carries it to heaven) from the senses,
unsound eyes can’t move from the mortal to the divine,
and in fact are fixed forever in that place
from which to rise without grace is a vain thought.
THE CANADIAN SYMPOSIUM ON LAKE COWICHAN…. HAS IT BEEN 17 YEARS? In 1994, Daniel Cline, Inspired by Camp Brotherhood, Starts a Canadian Symposium. By Daniel Cline, President WSCA In 1993 I attended the Camp Brotherhood symposium and wondered aloud why we did not have something like this in Canada and the response was “why […]
Autoclaved Aerated Cement Is Coming To Silver Falls by Penelope Crittenden Carole Murphy, President of Pacific Northwest Sculptors, will be giving a workshop on Sculpting Autoclaved Aerated Cement at the Silver Falls Symposium Aug 27-Sept 1, 2011. Carole was more than generous with her time on the phone telling me a little more about the medium […]
The Stone Column Jade by Bill Laprad by Bill Laprade The English word jade has a circuitous derivation. It started with the Spanish expression “piedra de hijada”, meaning the “stone of the loins”, because it was claimed that this stone could cure diseases of the kidneys. This gave rise to the word nephrite, from the […]
Art And Philosophy At Silver Falls by Seth David Friedman To paraphrase Henry Moore, “art is not made out of despair, but a belief in the possibilities of life.” There can be no truer embodiment of this sentiment than Silver Falls Symposium, now in its 20th year. This was my second year attending, and to […]
FOUND ON FACEBOOK Introducing: Karel Vreeburg The internet is becoming a much used source for every subject imagenable. Stone sculpting videos and images are at our finger tips through search engines, websites and social networks. Lane “discovered” Karel when he responded to Karel’s “friend” request on facebook. This introduction of Karel Vreeburg is a […]
