Finding Stones for Sculpture and What’s Within
Every spring the melting snows off the Cascades bring down a delightful assortment of rounded and fractured stones and cobbles that only nature can prepare for the coming months of […]
Author: Carl Nelson
I cherish the stone carving community in the Pacific Northwest. My support and design of the NWSSA web since 2007, and the work with Leah Davidson and other web volunteers to evaluate, design, and bring up replacement web in 2022-2024 is what causes me to have this admin account. .... and I live to learn, make, create, and share things, like sculpting and carving stone, and leaving the world a better place.
CNC – 2017
In my first year of architectural school, I had the chance to take 2 semesters of sculpture before the architectural curriculum consumed me. That was where I was introduced to […]
Minutes of NWSSA BOD Meeting 11-6-2010
Minutes of Meeting (and follow-up) Location: Evergreen State College Date: Nov 6th 2010 1:15pm Purpose: Scheduled NWSSA Board of Directors Meeting Attendees: Gerda Lattey, Petra Brambrink, Al Mangold, Carl Nelson, Carol Turner Absent: Seth Friedman Minutes: […]
Minutes of NWSSA BOD Meeting 8-28-2010
Minutes of MeetingLocation: Silver Firs State Park, OR, Date: Aug 28th 2010, 2:05pmPurpose: Scheduled NWSSA Board of Directors MeetingAttendees: Gerda Lattey, Petra Brambrink, Al Mangold, Carl Nelson, Set FriedmanAbsent: Carol Turner (in Russia carving) Minutes: July Camp […]
Compressors – for your air tools
This post is a plug to give Jeff Powell’s Air Compressors for Carving Stone a read. Its a useful overview and has enough terminology, detail, and advice to get you […]
