From the President…. NWSSA is now officially an Amazon Smile charity. This means if you go to smile.amazon.com on your way to buy something from Amazon’s web site, and tell them Northwest Stone Sculptors Association is your preferred charity, they donate a half a percent of the value of your purchase to NWSSA. If you […]
Introduction: Women as SculptorsWho knows when the first woman picked up something sharp and decided to use it to carve an image in stone? The studies of many early ethnographers and cultural anthropologists indicate that women often were the principal artisans in the cultures considered as Neolithic, creating their pottery, textiles, baskets, and jewelry. However, […]
SAFETY FOR SCULPTORS Northwest Stone Sculptors Symposium at Camp Pilgrim Firs & Camp Suttle Lake WELCOME to our creative place where everyone is on the safety team and helps to ensure an enjoyable time for all, including our visitors. Be aware of the safe use of tools and considerate toward protection of the grounds and […]
Herbert George: Understanding Sculpture A workshop and sculpture walk with Sculptor, Professor and Author Herbert George April 6th to April 8th 2018, Orcas Island, Washington The Northwest Stone Sculptors Association and Herbert George emjoyed beautiful Orcas Island for a workshop on Elements of Sculpture in April 2018. The two and a half day workshop will […]
What have NWSSA Members been up to all winter? Find out at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show February 7 – 11, 2018 at the Washington State Convention Center in Downtown Seattle. NWSSA members have been participating in this show for over 20 years. Many new members and Camp Brotherhood/Camp Pilgrim Firs show visitors have […]
31st Annual International Stone Carving Symposiumat Camp Pilgrim Firs, Port Orchard, WA July 7th-15th 2018 The Symposium We invite you to join us at Camp Pilgrim Firs for up to eight full days of playing with stone, communing with nature, and enjoying the camaraderie of fellow stone enthusiasts. Bring yourself, your creative energy, your humor, tools, and […]
Dear NWSSA, I’m listening to Peruvian music and it takes me zooming back 4,500 miles to Exotic Peru. The clock went too quickly, yet I tried to take in each every awesome moment. Images of antiquity and mystery, the faces, and hugs of gentle people, the haunting flute music, bromeliads growing at 10,00 feet, the […]
Eirene Blomberg@Eirenemichelle “Purpose” Tapping into the creative process with an object so directly connected to the earth brings me great satisfaction. Before the chisel touches down I envision where these rocks have been and what has brought them to their current shape. Often the stones draw in the sculptor, sensing a potential in the artist. […]
Richard Beyer by George PrattOne morning I looked up from hammering at the Terry Fox sculpture to see this stranger standing quietly on the top of that huge pile of granite quarry blocks adjacent to my studio yard. True, my yard was located in an area of Vancouver where bad guys were eternally cruising to […]
IN LA CONNER, WASHINGTON By Tracy Powell Editors’ note: The day was bright and sunny; the kind of day that can draw stone carvers out into the open air to work and then drive them back inside when their hands and feet go numb. It was the end of the first week in December in […]
Hi all, I recently installed a Sculpture in the City of Olympia for the 2017 exhibit on the downtown waterfront. My piece “The Wisdom Seeker” is four 4 feet high x with a nine 9 inch diameter. I carved it from Sandstone with and then added the Gold Leaf gold leaf. I didn’t win the […]
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