Charlie Kleiman passed away in an auto accident in March, 2016. Charlie truly loved working in stone. He loved that he could create soft, smooth, caress-able art from a rough stone. He is survived by his wife Dorothy Slattery. A POEM FOR CHARLIECharlieMy stone carving friendMy fellow sculptorMy could-have-been mentorYour smile has carved itself into […]
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Outdoor Sculpture Show July 18th, 2015 11 am to 5 pm Treacy Levine Center – Camp Brotherhood, Mt. Vernon, WA. The Northwest Stone Sculptors Associationinvites you to join us for an Outdoor Sculpture Show on Saturday, July 18th, 2014 from 11 am-5 pm at the Treacy Levine Center at Camp Brotherhood 24880 Brotherhood […]
We invite you to join us at the Treacy Levine Center at Camp Brotherhood for up to eight 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 a favorite piece of stone. If you don’t have stone or tools, we have an entire tent set up for beginners with tools and instructors.
The Camp upkeeps lodge rooms and provides three full meals a day for the ultimate freedom to delve into carving and making friends. Tools and stone are also available for sale by our vendors. Sharing information, tips, and inspiration is something we all do. Evenings are filled with slideshows, informational talks, a hoot of a fundraising auction, a music filled final night party, campfires and more. You are also invited to bring a piece for the public sculpture show on the last Saturday.
Why is the Kenya Pavilion Full of Chinese art? In the last issue of Sculpture NorthWest, we showcased six of our members talking about what they thought made their art their own. That is, how much work must they do to sign their name to it?In this issue, we are expanding the question to the […]
A QUICK LOOK AT LLOYD WHANNELL fineartbuilders.com I call this piece “Sun Catcher.” It is 93″ tall and is made from a salvaged wiresaw basalt offcut. I shaped the outer edge and added a metal band to create a circle for more definition. To give it a larger scale, I used a length of columnar […]
Did you get to Lakewold Gardens to see the large outside pieces and the smaller pieces on display in the mansion? It was an excellent showing of our members work in a very nice venue; rumor has it a piece or two may have sold. They have asked us to consider showing large pieces again next […]
Wade Marlow and Al Zimmerman have opened a new gallery in Bellingham called Sculpture Northwest Gallery. It will be a large space to showcase the work of emerging and established Northwest artists. To get the whole thing started, they are giving NWSSA members the opening show from June 5 through August 16. There will be […]
Lakewold Gardens May 1st-10th 10 am-4pm We are very excited to announce the participation of the Northwest Stone Sculptors Association during this year’s MayFest celebration at Lakewold Gardens. NWSSA members will have our works on display around Lakewold Gardens’ 10 acres of gardens and indoors at the Wagner House, a beautiful Georgian-style mansion. We anticipate […]
NWSSA’s 28th Annual Sculpture Show Saturday, July 18th 2015 from 11am – 4 pm Treacy Levine Center at Camp Brotherhood 24880 Brotherhood RoadMount Vernon, WA 98274 This FREE event is open to the public – all are welcome! This is not a museum show, please come see & touch beautiful works in an outdoor setting. Visit […]
Since most art historians agree that while Rodin is undoubtedly world famous as a sculptor, other artists carved most if not all of his marble pieces. That gave us the idea of putting the above question to six of our members. Here is how they answered it. Arliss Newcomb Jim Tobin Lee Gass Michael Binkley Michael […]
VERENA SCHWIPPERT NAMED 3-D ARTIST OF THE YEAR BY SNOHOMISH COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL Verena was born in Bergkamen, Westphalia, Germany and completed her education in Germany with her B.F.A. degree in Art Education at the University of Hamburg in l973. After moving to Seattle in l974, she spent a few years living and working in […]
We have a strong and supportive community that shares its hard-won knowledge. That support combined with your creative effort has produced sculpture worth sharing with the world, which is why you are now being asked display at so many outstanding and different venues. Many of you are submitting pieces for consideration and I know there’s many more […]
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