Symposium Terms & Conditions (2022)
ASSUMPTION OF RISK AND LIABILITY As a participant in the Northwest Stone Sculptor Association’s Symposium retreat at Camp Pilgrim Firs and Conference Center near Port Orchard, WA. from July 9-17th, […]
Author: NWSSA Staff
Symposium Terms & Conditions (SL 2022)
ASSUMPTION OF RISK AND LIABILITY As a participant in the Northwest Stone Sculptor Association’s Symposium retreat at Suttle Lake Camp and Conference Center near Sisters, Oregon. from August 7-14th, 2022. […]
NWSSA Women in Public Art
Constance Jones… My Story I’ve always loved rocks: their color, their strength, their basic-ness, their everywhere-ness. This love started early on, growing up on acreage with massive basalt boulders behind […]
Cleaning Outdoor Stone Sculptures
by Joanne Duby There are lots of great articles on maintaining outdoor stone sculptures on the internet. And a few not-so-great. When you have questions, the internet is […]
Jeremy Kester – Artist Spotlight
My journey through stone began by chance in 2002. I was up from Sacramento, California visiting my mother in Ashland, Oregon. She was designing a website for a small company […]
From the Editors Dec 2021
A Farewell from an Editor … Dear sculptor family, this will be my final issue as Editor of our Sculpture NorthWest Journal. I am taking a break to help catch […]
Larry Lawlor – 1 x 1 x 1 (2021)
We The People Q1: How did the idea come to you? In this order: -GREAT, there will be a symposium this year. -From my meager store of stone I got out […]
How I Spent the First Six Months of the Pandemic
By Ken Barnes We have all experienced the pandemic isolation in our own ways. As an introvert, I was thrilled by the requirement to stay home. And I was blessed […]
President’s Message December 2021
From the President…. I wanted to take this moment to express I wanted to take this moment to express my gratitude to all the dedicated folks of NWSSA. Thank you […]
Spinning Diamond Tools – Useful Info from UKAM
Below are links to information about diamond tools that I found is informative and useful. – Pat Barton ed Note: From the UKAM site their web : “Getting the most […]
Another use of Grinding Wheels – Hand Shaping
This morning I followed up to what I saw Lee Gass doing. He was “sanding” with a piece of a bench grinder wheel. I have a few spares so I smashed […]
Tom Francis
It is with heavy heart that we announce the passing of NWSSA member, Tom Francis. Thomas Michael FrancisJuly 23, 1961 – December 10, 2021 Tom passed away on December 10th from […]
