Very early on a Saturday back in June, 2017, we loaded my pick-up with a generator and lots of supplies and headed to the Ravensdale gravel quarry to make this successful boulder split.
Joseph Kincannon and the Portal of Stone In 1979 I entered the world of stone through an unusual portal; a portal at a cathedral, to be specific, The Cathedral of […]
Getting Hank Nelson in front of a microphone on December 8th in front of 30-plus NWSSA members and a few Cloudstone Board Members, was the only challenging part of a talk by Hank, and tour by Board members, of Hank’s vast Whidbey Island utopia/dystopia, Cloudstone.
Hank shared some of the depth and breadth of his experience in carving stone: how he learned to carve marble in the afternoons during an early year in Italy while he learned to cast bronze in the mornings; to the “macho side of me” that led Hank to work graceful yet imposing abstractions in Cascade granite; to the “really” macho side that led to his monumental sculptures.
Letter from the Editors We start off the New Year with a return to a black and white cover. Don’t let that bother you. The Cathedral of St. John the […]
Editors’ note: In the spirit of connection, and because our 2018 Symposiums are over and there is not as much opportunity to get together during the rest of the year, […]
1: How did the idea come to you?The idea for this piece came to me from the shape of the original stone. It had a natural twist and arc to […]
From the President…. President’s Message Not long ago, Carl was asked what an artist should consider if they wanted to put their sculpture into a non-gallery setting, such as a […]
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