From the Editors Jan-Feb 2015
When, occasionally, Spotlight interviews with our members are not available, we like to take a look around the NorthWest sculpture scene to find artists whose work we can feature in […]
Author: Lane Tompkins
1st Annual Hand Carving Symposium at Karla Matzke’s Sculpture Park
Winding one’s way to Karla Matzke’s Sculpture Park on Camano Island, may not be quick, but it’s certainly a beautiful drive. We came from Whidbey Island by car, taking almost two […]
Candyce Garrett – Artist Spotlight (2010)
REPLENISHING THE EARTH a water fountain by Candyce Garrett This granite sculpture was installed by Candace at the entrance of the Santa Fe Farmers Market building in the recently refurbished […]
Minutes of NWSSA BOD Meeting 11-20-2009
NWSSA BOARD MEETING MINUTES NOVEMBER 20, 2009at SEATTLE CITY LIBRARY (downtown branch) Meeting opened at 2:10 pm by President Gerda Lattey. Board members present were Leon White, Lane Tompkins, Elaine Mac […]
Minutes of NWSSA BOD Meeting 8-25-2009
Minutes of the NWSSA board meeting in the dining hall of Silver Falls State park (20022 Silver Falls Hwy SE, Sublimity, Oregon 97385 Phone: 866-575-8875) on August 25, 2009. The five board […]
Minutes of NWSSA BOD Meeting 7-16-2009
Minutes from July 16, 2009 Board of Directors meeting The meeting was held at Camp Brotherhood (24880 Brotherhood Rd., Mt. Vernon, WA) during the Stone Sculpting Symposium – in Warren […]
President’s Message – May/June 2009
Circumstances have once again made me your president until Camp B. We received a handful of emails expressing opinions about the proposed changes to our by-laws that we mailed […]
Paul Buckner – Part 2 – Nov-Dec 2008
Pioneer Mother And Child Alaskan Cedar, 42” high, 1990 Timberline Lodge was built entirely by hand at the height of the depression by the WPA, a federal agency created by President […]
Paul Buckner – Part 1 – The Man, The Teacher – Sept-Oct 2008
I’d rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach 10,000 stars how not to dance.” –Last two lines from the e.e. cummings poem, You Shall Above All Things Be […]
John Pugh
I wish to thank all those who shared little tidbits of information with me about John. My special thanks go to Beverly Pugh. Her readiness to relate John stories on […]
Book Review: Stone Mad – May/June 2008
Written in 1950, Stone Mad was first published in hardback in 1966 and in paperback in 1977 and 1982 by Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited. My copy is a 1997 […]
Jim Heltsley at the Edward’s Art Gallery – Jan/Feb 2008
Jim Heltsley has always carved faces; faces in alabaster, limestone, and feather stone. Recently he has stepped up to the hard stuff and is carving basalt. His new, basalt […]
