NWSSA Show at the Evergreen Arboretum & Gardens 2022
NWSSA, Evergreen Arboretum & Gardens, Everett Parks, and the Schack Art Center are hosting a two-day Sculpture Walk. Last year, approximately 450 people came through to see the one-day show, […]
Day: July 27, 2022
Maquette, Not just a Piece of Clay
The tall block of Yule marble balances on the dunnage and stares back with white intensity. A nervous knot of anxiety rolls through the stomach. Point away the loose and irregular material. […]
Flush Cut Blades
Whether you’re slicing away hard stone or minimizing impact during the reductive process, a diamond blade is the edge of power. Coupled to an air or electric angle grinder, it […]
Drilling Stone
It’s another typical drill job in the sculptor’s studio. Assemble a sculpture from three pieces of stone. Fix them together with 5/16 inch stainless pins, either sleeved for disassembly and […]
Time for a Bigger Saw?
Early summer saw a number of NWSSA members at a granite seminar organized by Hank Nelson and hosted by Judy and Kirk McLean. I ambitiously bring forth a 1200 lb piece […]
Stone-Fired Furnace: Making Chisels
Hand tools, yeah! One arm swings the hammer; the other braces the point or claw. This drum beat sends us on a journey into the stone. It’s primitive, direct, a […]
Oil That Hammer
My first “power tool” for sculpting was an angle grinder fitted up with a masonry grinding disc. It seemed an amazing step from the serenity of hand tools to the […]
Quiet your Dust – Variable Speed Electric Die Grinder
ed Note: Much has happened in the variable speed electric die grinder marketplace since this was written and there are many choices at features, searching for: variable speed electric die […]
Building a Sculpture Shipping Crate
If you are entering art competitions with your sculptures, and need to ship them to the exhibit or to customers, you need a sturdy, reusable crate. These foam lined crates […]
Power Tool Tips from the Community
This article emerges from a lunch time question and answer discussion about power tools with Steve Sandry posing the questions, and Jason Johnston, Tom Urban, and Brian Bennan expressing their […]
SLICK WAY TO MOVE TO STONE
Submitted to Sculpture NorthWest by a long-time NWSSA friend, Steve Erickson. All sculptors and landscapers need to move stone whether natural or worked. This can be a problem when too […]
NORTH CASCADES DUNITE
Learn about Dunite from one of our resident geologists, Michael E. Yeaman. During our summer Symposia at Pilgrim Firs, NWSSA member and geologist thought it might be helpful for us […]
