Flush Cut Blades
Whether you’re slicing away hard stone or minimizing impact during the reductive process, a diamond blade is the edge of power. Coupled to an air or electric angle grinder, it […]
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Drilling Stone
It’s another typical drill job in the sculptor’s studio. Assemble a sculpture from three pieces of stone. Fix them together with 5/16 inch stainless pins, either sleeved for disassembly and […]
Stone-Fired Furnace: Making Chisels
Hand tools, yeah! One arm swings the hammer; the other braces the point or claw. This drum beat sends us on a journey into the stone. It’s primitive, direct, a […]
Quiet your Dust – Variable Speed Electric Die Grinder
ed Note: Much has happened in the variable speed electric die grinder marketplace since this was written and there are many choices at features, searching for: variable speed electric die […]
Power Tool Tips from the Community
This article emerges from a lunch time question and answer discussion about power tools with Steve Sandry posing the questions, and Jason Johnston, Tom Urban, and Brian Bennan expressing their […]
SLICK WAY TO MOVE TO STONE
Submitted to Sculpture NorthWest by a long-time NWSSA friend, Steve Erickson. All sculptors and landscapers need to move stone whether natural or worked. This can be a problem when too […]
A Quick Conversation About Marble
Student: Where does marble come from?Teacher: Marble comes from limestone. You could say it’s a “newer” limestone.S: What? Marble is really just a ‘newer’ limestone?T: Yes. According to the Vermont Marble Company, “the […]
8 Easy Steps to Polishing Basalt
Many carvers are intimidated by the difficulty of sanding and polishing basalt. This is entirely unnecessary. Soon you too will discover that deep space, raven’s wing glow within your own […]
Quarry Sap –
In the book, The Agony and the Ecstasy, Michelangelo is said to have draped the David marble in damp cloth after every carving session. What was he doing? While I […]
2022 Evergreen Arboretum Sculpture Walk
August 20-21st 2022 NWSSA, Evergreen Arboretum, Everett Parks, and the Schack Art Center are holding a Sculpture Walk in conjunction with Everett’s Fresh Paint Event. This two-day event held on […]
2022 Washington Stone Carving Symposium
34th Annual International Stone Carving Symposiumat Pilgrim Firs Camp, Port Orchard, WAJuly 9th-17th 2022 2022 Guest Artists and Workshops Close Contact: Junctions Between Forms and Materials – Stephanie RobisonThe sculpture […]
Joan Rudd Takes Art to the Seattle Streets – March/Apr 2009
A recent project I did this past summer through Path with Art, an organization which works with people in transitional housing, returned me to teaching after some time off. While […]
