Trow & Holden
Trow & Holden Company, leader in stonecutting and masonry tools since 1890 in Barre, Vermont.For more than 130 years Trow & Holden has worked with talented stonemasons, sculptors, restoration professionals, and other stone enthusiasts to manufacture world-class stone working tools. Carbide Hand Tools, Chisels, Air Hammers, Safety Equipment and More! Trow & Holden45 South Main […]
Master Wholesale
Stone, Masonry, and Contractor Tools – Seattle area Master Wholesale520 S. Front StreetSeattle, WA 98108Local: (206) 767-6771Toll-Free: (800) 938-7925
BBI Industries
Power Tools For Granite, Marble, Tile, Polished Concrete & Stone Restoration (Formerly known as Braxton-Bragg) BBI Industries, LLC4100 Appalachian WayKnoxville, TN 37918800-575-4401
Neolithic Stone
The Sculpture Stone and Carving Tools Company Specializing in sculpture stone and tools for the stone sculptor We supply the most diverse and unique variety of carving stone to sculptors throughout North America and throughout the world including Soapstone, Alabaster, Chlorite, Wonderstone, Anhydrite, Limestone, Marble, Granite and more! Large selection of diamond and carbide brazed […]
Marenakos Rock Center
Marenako’s Rock Center was founded in the mid-1950s by Bill Marenakos, a logger who had a keen eye for unique rock formations in the Cascade Mountains. After conversing with landscapers in the Seattle area, Bill noticed a lack of boulder supply and decided to establish a rock-hauling business. In addition to this service, the company […]
2 Sculpt
2sculpt has the expertise to advise on appropriate stone and tools to accomplish your artistic objectives. Visit 2Sculpt.com We searched to find the best stone and stone carving tools. We would hate to hear that you spent weeks working on a sculpture that falls apart before it is completed. We hand-pick most of the stone […]
From the Editors June 2022
A profile of our Copy Editor Maya Kilmer Maya is still new to to stone carving world, having only been able to attend two summer symposiums. She immediately fell in love with the community of artists at Pilgrim Firs. Back in her real life, Maya is a high school teacher of English and pottery, and […]
About NWSSA Symposia
Typically, NWSSA hosts two major events per year: the Washington State International Sculpture Symposium (for over 32 years), currently held at the Pilgrim Firs Camp & Conference Center in Port Orchard, WA, and the Oregon State International Sculpture Symposium (for over 25 years), currently held at the Suttle Lake Campground in Sisters, OR. These symposium […]
Carving a Face : John Fisher
At Silver Falls symposium John Fisher did many demos. One of our members captured John doing his contour carving, sometimes called profile carving of a face. John creates a delightful journey about the puzzle of carving a face with technique and many insights along the way about planes, shadows, and volumes of the face, all […]
Ken Barnes – Found His Weirdos
Verena Schwippert – Never Stops Shaping Granite
Artist Advice “Rock Economics 101” (2004)
Let’s hope you didn’t become an artist so you could get rich. Even the mythological “famous artist” seems to have died with Andy Warhol. So, in the absence of fame and fortune, wouldn’t it be nice to approach the profession with the notion that you might someday make a decent living at it? After more […]