In the Studio with Hot Water
By Dan Michael, reprinted from Sculpture NorthWest March/April 2004 February in our Northwest is predictable: sun, clouds, wind, rain, maybe all in the same day or hour. Temperature, too, is […]
Author: Dan Michael
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 […]
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 […]
Angle Grinder Advice
A workhorse in any stone studio, the standard 4 to 5 inch angle grinder spins up around 10,000 rpm. This is pretty much designed speed for metal and masonry cutoff […]
