We have an exciting announcement! In 2023, Pat Sargent donated a significant amount of Stone Sculptor’s Supplies’ inventory to launch a new scholarship for NWSSA and CSS. Stephanie Robison brought and sold so many tools at the Washington Symposium, with more to be auctioned at the Oregon Symposium this summer. The plan is that each year, […]
Call to ArtistsVolunteers and Sculpture needed.NWSSA sculpture show and sale. Tenino, Washington147 Olympia Street, in front of the Shed.Saturday June 8, 2024, 10 am to 3:30 pm. The Tenino Carver’s Guild has invited Northwest Stone Sculptors Association to show and sell sculpture on June 8, 2024. That Saturday is Tenino Farmers Market and Craft show. The […]
The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center in West Rutland, VT invites artists to submit proposals for SculptFest24, September 7 – October 20. The theme for this year’s outdoor exhibition is Coruscation, guest curated by Colin C Boyd, Director of the Johnson Memorial Building and Exhibition Gallery for Art and Architecture Studies at Middlebury College. Mr. […]
Call to Artists; Volunteers and sculpture needed. NWSSA Sculpture Show and Sale at the2024 Seattle Mineral MarketMay 18th & 19th 2024 Location: Magnuson Park, Hangar 307400 Sand Point Way NeSeattle, WA 98115 Date and Time: May 18, 2024, 10am to 6pm & May 19, 2024, 11am to 5pm Open call for Northwest Stone Sculptors Association […]
NorthWest Stone Sculptors AssociationEstablished 05/27/1988 Board Meeting Minutes ORGANIZATION NAME: NWSSA Date: 3/13/2024 Time: 6:33 P.M. PST Location: Virtual via Zoom ATTENDANCE Board members: Ellie Hochman, Jeremy Kester, Stephen Taplin, Cyra Jane Hobson, Tamara Buchanan, Markos Weiss, Denny Tsang, Deborah Wilson, Michael Yeaman Board Members Present via phone/virtual: All Absent: Quorum: Yes Staff Present: Renee Roberts […]
The Form Within UsWe are all different,but all the same,our bodies, like stoneseach unique unto itself,our minds, like uncarved stonestill covering the treasure within.As we chip away our egos,the unneeded stone in our lives,we unveil our inner self,the treasure within the stone. By: Al Mangold
Given all the chips and dust involved with carving granite you don’t really expect anyone to want to watch, but it happened. A few years ago, a friend asked me what I was doing, and I said I was making a big chameleon out of a piece of greenish Lopez erratic granite. He said he’d […]
NorthWest Stone Sculptors Association Established 05/27/1988 Board Meeting Minutes ORGANIZATION NAME: NWSSA Date: 2/14/2024 Time: 6:33 P.M. PST Location: Virtual via Zoom ATTENDANCE Board members: Ellie Hochman, Jeremy Kester, Stephen Taplin, Cyra Jane Hobson, Tamara Buchanan, Markos Weiss, Denny Tsang, Deborah Wilson, Michael Yeaman Board Members Present via phone/virtual: All Absent: Markos Weiss Quorum: Yes Staff […]
Over the past two years, NWSSA has invited Myles from 2 Sculpt to lead a virtual tool session covering a variety of topics. These have been particularly engaging during the winter and early spring months when it’s just too cold to be in the studio! Future Sessions: TBD If you missed out on previous sessions, […]
My journey to being a sculptor has been late in coming, and a complete surprise to me. I had a hostile relationship with art in grade school and high school, as I was convinced that I had no ability or creativity, and my teachers were asking me to express ideas I didn’t have with skills […]
The Winter Solstice has arrived, and we are beginning to celebrate the eventual return of longer daylight. Friendship and the lights of the holidays bring a lovely brightness that makes this time of year a bit easier. Another source of light that many of us share is thinking about the days that it will be […]
NorthWest Stone Sculptors Association Established 05/27/1988 Board Meeting Minutes ORGANIZATION NAME: NWSSA Date: 1/10/2024 Time: 6:36 P.M. PST Location: Virtual via Zoom ATTENDANCE Board members: Ellie Hochman, Cyra Jane Hobson, Tamara Buchanan, Pat Barton, Markos Weiss, Denny Tsang, Deborah Wilson, Batya Friedman, Michael Yeoman Board Members Present via phone/virtual: All Absent: Jeremy Kester, Stephen Taplin Quorum: […]
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