From the Editors Jan-Feb-2017
Goodbye to the Holidays, the pieces we carved, the pieces we didn’t carve; goodbye to 2016. Hello to a new year, new possibilities, the pieces we will carve, the pieces […]
Author: Lane Tompkins
From the Editors Nov-Dec 2016
Many of you (hopefully all of you) may have recently received an email addressed to ‘Hello Stone Carver,’ or ‘Hello NWSSA Stone Carver.’ In it we present the idea that […]
From the Editors Sept-Oct 2016
You have seen color photos in some issues of Sculpture NorthWest and not in others. This may have caused you to wonder why that is. Here is the current information […]
From the Editors July-Aug 2016
This summer issue of Sculpture NorthWest will show you raw stone direct from the quarry; how it’s turned into a finished sculpture; where to go to learn how to do […]
From the Editors May-June 2016
LETTER FROM THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY Sculpture: the art of making forms, often representational, in the round or in relief, by chiseling, carving, modeling, casting, etc. Stone: a solid, nonmetallic […]
From the Editors Mar-Apr 2016
Now that spring is almost on its way and we can be thinking of carving without mittens, let’s celebrate with another issue of Sculpture NorthWest. We are so pleased to […]
From the Editors Jan-Feb 2016
A good winter’s day to all of you, though with so many sunny days it hardly seems like winter. If you can get past working with cold hands, this is […]
From the Editors Nov-Dec
It appears that summer has truly packed its bag and gone elsewhere. Gone with it are our symposia and carving events and outdoor shows. What to do? Where to get […]
From the Editors Sept Oct 2015
This summer offered several opportunities for carvers to get together. Not only opportunities to carve and to show their work,but perhaps most importantly, to charge their creative batteries to get […]
NWSSA’s First Time at Suttle Lake Near Sisters, Oregon – 2015
By Lane Tompkins Sometimes trying something new doesn’t always turn out well, so moving the Oregon Symposium from our much loved Silver Falls State Park to a new location caused […]
From the Editors May June 2015
Summer is hear and the carving weather is back. Nice to be able to work without down jackets, snow suits and over-thick gloves. But, if you feel like you’d like […]
From the Editors Mar-Apr 2015
Greetings to you all and to daylight savings time. The days are already noticeably longer and that’s good news for carvers. We are doing something different with this issue. While […]
