In 2002, Chris Sorensen, my mentor and friend, invited me to join his studio where I live in Fresno California. Initially, I worked with found objects and metal scrap until my friend Buck gave me a piece of limestone, handed me some tools, and my life changed. Thanks to him, the California Sculptors Symposium, and […]
A new 2” brazed diamond blade fits on my angle grinder. Then this power tool can almost be used as a chisel – carving and smoothing. Diamond rasps let me work in both directions (as compared to the steel ones) and last much longer. There are coarser brazed diamond ones and medium electroplated ones in […]
~by Beth Krehbiel “Orphaned Alabaster” was the article in the November issue of Sculpture NW describing the alabaster which Rick Johnson gave to Ruth Mueller for last year’s Women’s Carving Weekend. When working as an electrician some 20 years ago, Rick had rescued the carved alabaster from a client who didn’t want it; her ex-husband […]
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