From the President…. President’s Message Pilgrim Firs is not to be missed this Pilgrim Firs is not to be missed this year! In addition to our Beginner’s Workshops and special Jade tent,we have two incredible Guest Artists.From Florence comes marble sculptor Jason Arkles. Jason also hosts The Sculptor’s Funeral podcast. In my drive down and […]
NWSSA Welcomes Internationally respected sculptors to our 2 annual stone carving symposiums each summer. Our members benefit from their experience and expertise. And we hope the visiting guest artists appreciate the warm, inclusive environment we try to foster. James Horan, Guest Artist at 2017 Camp Pilgrim Firs Symposium
March 8th is International Women’s Day. To all the women who help make our community thrive – we celebrate you! Join us for a Women’s Weekend Retreat in Port Hadlock, WA During the 1st weekend of June for a hand carving retreat and sculpture show.
32nd Annual International Stone Carving Symposiumat Camp Pilgrim Firs, Port Orchard, WA July 6th-14th 2019 Guest Artists & Workshops: Large Scale Conceptual Public Art with Dale Enochs; Renaissance of the Figure Group Marble Workshop with Jason Arkles; Jade for Everyone with Dale Blankenship and Beginning Stone Sculpture in the DOJO with Ruth & Tamara The Symposium We […]
Shown here are a few of the remaining old, weathered Colorado marble crosses from a convent cemetery that were recently replaced with granite markers. Some of the crosses were given new form by thirteen NWSSA members and were presented at Portland Community College’s Sylvania Campus’s North View Gallery from January 14th to February 9th, 2019 […]
From a single point, all things form I grew up in Niagara Falls, Ontario. For as long as I can remember, I have made sculpture. My sculpture process has developed over my whole life and has been devoted to stone sculpture for the last thirty plus years. Originally, I made things from various clays that […]
From the President…. President’s Message I set my expectations high for the CROSS+OVER show and was not disappointed. Thirteen members created a diverse set of forms from the crosses and filled the gallery with seventeen pieces that held folks’ attention. During setup, almost all sculptors had stories about working with the deteriorated cross material to […]
CALL FOR OUTDOOR SCULPTURE Twenty-second Annual Peace Arch Park International Sculpture Exhibition May 1st – October 1st, 2019 The International Peace Arch Association (IPAA) invites you to submit artwork(s) for consideration in our 2019 Peace Arch Park International Sculpture Exhibition (outdoor exhibit). You may submit your artwork for review by February 20th, 2019. Peace Arch International Park is located on […]
Ethan CurrierEthanCurrierArt.com “Seaside Mother” Ethan Currier Ethan Currier is a self taught artist and sculptor who has been creating sculptures out of stone since 2001. . After spending his childhood and young adult years living on boats and traveling around the world, Ethan learned early on to work with his hands using basic materials to […]
SUMMARY: Allied Arts Foundation will award three $5,000 grants to emerging and/or early-to-mid-career artists creating 3D/sculptural artworks and residing in Washington State. ARTWORK FUNDED This year’s award will focus on 3D Visual Arts – this includes but is not limited to: sculpture, assemblages, constructions, installations, and artworks that are generally stand-alone or require a pedestal […]
When Kim Lewis proposed a show of repurposed marble crosses from the cemetery of a convent, it set in motion a lot of ideas among the 22 of the Northwest Stone Sculptor’s Association members who had obtained the marble crosses. They agreed it would be a good thing to do a show. The cross is […]
Very early on a Saturday back in June, 2017, we loaded my pick-up with a generator and lots of supplies and headed to the Ravensdale gravel quarry to make this successful boulder split.
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