NWSSA is looking forward to offering another Hand Carving Event for women from June 7-9, 2024 at the Old Alcohol Plant (OAP) and Inn. This is the 6th year that OAP will be our venue for this popular event. “Popular” as evident by how quickly the response was to reserve a spot for the weekend! […]
Dear Readers. This Summer is going by so fast and it has been most exciting for we lucky ones who have been able to attend either our Pilgrim Firs or Suttle Lake symposiums. Now just a gentle reminder that this publication doesn’t happen unless you step up and send me something to print. Wishing you […]
Display Opportunity for NWSSA Sculptors The NWSSA has an agreement with King County Parks to place large scale stone sculpture in Marymoor Park. The park is located between Redmond and Bellevue. We placed two sculptures before COVID and have five more plinths available for installation. The sculptures will stay in place for 2-3 years before […]
AERIN SIZELOVE – I have been a member of NWSSA for 5 years, helping the events committee. In 2023 I led the Flower and Garden Show exhibit. I am a super detail-oriented person. I love this organization and like the idea of being able to help the BOD in any way I am able. OLIVER […]
President’s Message Aug 15, 2024 An introduction: You have a new President now. It’s me, Tamara Buchanan, a longtime NWSSA member. You may know me from the Dojo at the WA Symposium, helping you understand how to work with stone. You may not know me at all. But on one level you do, I am […]
Outdoor Sculpture Show Saturday, August 31st 11 am – 4 pm Suttle Lake Camp 29551 SW Suttle Loop Sisters, OR 97759 Join members of the Northwest Stone Sculptors Association our Annual outdoor stone sculpture show & afternoon exhibition of their work. Visit with over 50 Artists from Japan and the Pacific Northwest region to discuss […]
The Northwest Stone Sculptors Associationis excited to host an Outdoor Sculpture Showon Saturday, July 13th, 2024from 12 pm – 4 pm Our week-long Annual International Stone Carving Symposium culminates with an art show at Camp Pilgrim Firs in Port Orchard, WA.See artists at work, learn about the stone and tools used to create these 3-dimensional […]
What To Bring To the Old Alcohol Plant Inn for the Women’s Weekend Hand Carving Retreat FOR YOUR WORKSPACE BRING: TOOLS: PERSONAL STUFF: POT LUCK DINNER & OTHER MEALS: SCULPTURE RELATED: ESSENTIAL: Have FUN!!!
In 2002, Chris Sorensen, my mentor and friend, invited me to join his studio where I live in Fresno California. Initially, I worked with found objects and metal scrap until my friend Buck gave me a piece of limestone, handed me some tools, and my life changed. Thanks to him, the California Sculptors Symposium, and […]
A new 2” brazed diamond blade fits on my angle grinder. Then this power tool can almost be used as a chisel – carving and smoothing. Diamond rasps let me work in both directions (as compared to the steel ones) and last much longer. There are coarser brazed diamond ones and medium electroplated ones in […]
~by Beth Krehbiel “Orphaned Alabaster” was the article in the November issue of Sculpture NW describing the alabaster which Rick Johnson gave to Ruth Mueller for last year’s Women’s Carving Weekend. When working as an electrician some 20 years ago, Rick had rescued the carved alabaster from a client who didn’t want it; her ex-husband […]
August 25th – September 1st, 202429th Annual International Stone Carving Symposium at Camp Suttle Lake near Sisters, Oregon Early Birds! Sign up by July 15th to Save $100 on Full-Time Registration Fees! The Northwest Stone Sculptors Association is excited to hold our annual Oregon State Stone Carving Symposium at Suttle Lake Camp. The symposium is […]
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