2014 Vancouver Spring Event
An instructional event for advanced stone carvers. A five-day course of instruction at Pothier Enterprises’ place of business in Delta, BC, very close to the Canada/US border. (local sculptural […]
Author: Ron Geitgey
Stone Queries: Quarry Sap – Jan/Feb 2009
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 […]
Amy Brier – “Lady Limestone”
Amy Brier is the real thing. She is a working stone sculptor who carves limestone and uses several sculptural media. She is equally comfortable in conceptual art discourse as in […]
Stone Queries: Soapstone – July/Aug 2008
Soapstone has become universally used as a carving medium by beginners and experienced journeymen alike, as well as those sculptors who appreciate its ease of working and its brilliant finish. […]
Stone Queries: Carving Marble – March/Apr 2008
As an alabaster/limestone kind of person, I find the prospect of carving marble intriguing but a bit intimidating. Would I need a different set of tools, carbide or diamond for […]
Stone Queries: Stone Tapping – Sept/Oct 2007
Ed: Ron Geitgey (pronounce it GET chee) was a long-time member of NWSSA, was a professional geologist for 40 years and was a talented sculptor and photographer. In 2002 and […]
Studio Notes: Mounting Pins 2002
Mounting Pins After expending the effort to drill a mounting hole perpendicular to a base or to the bottom of a sculpture there remains the problem of keeping the pin […]
Studio Notes: Vise – March/April 2001
When asked by beginning carvers for advice on what type of stone to start with I often go beyond the usual discussion of carving characteristics and suggest a stone big […]
Studio Notes: Air Hose and Power Cord Booms – Nov/Dec 2000
A studio floor with heaps of stone chips entangled in tools, power cords, and air hoses is dangerous as well as uncomfortable. To minimize this clutter I have mounted a power cord […]
Adventures in Stone: Brookgreen Gardens – July/Aug 2000
There is in South Carolina a sculpture garden that apparently is known by few of my fellow sculptors in the West. Brookgreen Gardens was founded in 1931 by Archer Milton Huntington, a railroad […]
