Thoughts & Opinions

Members’ Thoughts & Opinions on a wide variety of topics.  Also check out:  Articles on TravelBook Reviews , Presidents Messages, and Letters from the Editors that have been published in NWSSA Sculpture NorthWest.

Stories of Symposia Past

by Lee Gass I promised Arliss I would write the Deb Wilson story I told at Pilgrim Firs this summer

Eight easy steps to polishing basalt

Many carvers are intimidated by the difficulty of sanding and polishing basalt. This is entirely unnecessary. Basalt is in fact

Art In Winter

a poem for you….. Originally published in our newsletter, January 1994 These cold, long nights of a distant moon !

From Bad Juju to Beauty

~by Beth Krehbiel “Orphaned Alabaster” was the article in the November issue of Sculpture NW describing the alabaster which Rick

The Form Within Us

The Form Within UsWe are all different,but all the same,our bodies, like stoneseach unique unto itself,our minds, like uncarved stonestill

I Wish I Had Done That…

Lauding a sculpture by Arliss Newcomb I’ve said it before in these pages—there have been many sculptures produced by myfriends/colleagues

Apprenticeship on Lopez Island

Given all the chips and dust involved with carving granite you don’t really expect anyone to want to watch, but

Saftey – Working Safe Check List

Organize your actions around safe behavior to protect yourself. PROBLEM PREVENTION LONG-TERM Free silica  – Wear respirator Noise  – Hearing

2022 Oregon State Symposium

SUTTLE LAKE SYMPOSIUM AUGUST 7-14, 2022 After two years of silence, The Northwest Stone Sculptors Association is excited to hold

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2025 Oregon State Symposium – Save the Date

Annual International Stone Carving Symposium – Oregon State August 24-31st, 2025 Camp Suttle Lake in Sisters, OR Set on scenic Suttle Lake, Camp Sisters offers

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