Log in to read the current board minutes.
Board minutes are available to our current members. Please login with your Username and Password to gain access to the
NWSSA Staff
October 21, 2010
Members’ Thoughts & Opinions on a wide variety of topics. Also check out: Articles on Travel, Book Reviews , Presidents Messages, and Letters from the Editors that have been published in NWSSA Sculpture NorthWest.
Board minutes are available to our current members. Please login with your Username and Password to gain access to the
Every year over 50 stone carvers from Washington, Oregon, B.C., and further afield pack up their stone carving tools and
SUMMER RIVER WALKS ON THE PILCHUCK By Karl Hufbauer Camp-B attendees are welcome to join into before-breakfast excursions to
This is from a recent new member, Cathy Rae Smith, after her very first attendance at a Silver Falls Symposium.
While participating in the recent symposium at Camp Brotherhood, I completed reading a wonderful book, Living on the Wind – Across the
ROLL, PULL, HOLD – not exactly STOP DROP ROLL At our Monday morning safety meeting, a few years ago, the
Some thoughts on diamond blades
If you only get one…..
which one will do you the most good?
For the sake of clarity, let’s just talk about what you could get that would be most useful with any small electric grinder, rated for 4 1/2″ or 5″ blades, single speed, for a mix of hard and soft stones. I will try to offer my reasons for choosing one of the many kinds of diamond blades available, based on what different chores it can do, how versatile it is, and how affordable it is.
I will talk about the different kinds of diamond blades, what each is best at, etc. First we must acknowledge that none of them were designed for carving. We are a tiny fringe market, and we use tools that were made for construction and industry. Most of the work we do with diamond blades is on the manufacturers’ DON’T DO THIS list, which just means we have to be cautious and not push the blades too hard.
Die Grinders At A Glance Commentary For who: Metal workers to smooth out irregularities. Polishing For sculptors to do the
On an airplane going somewhere, umpteen thousand feet above the earth, I talked to the traveler next to me, as
To guide sculptors who would wish to have work executed in China, here is an outline of a current project,
Craig Breitbachwww.craigbreitbach.com Fall City
Matt Auvinen has been carving for over 30 years. He received his BA from California StateUniversity, Chico and his MFA from Bowling Green State University in Ohio.In 1988 Matt moved to Pietrasanta where he worked as an artisan for several sculpturelaboratories. For 12 of his 20 years in Italy, Matt taught sculpture and drawing for a private,university level, art program in Florence. His sculptural foundation is from working withmixed media. Matt has worked with cast bronze, welded steel, plaster and wood. Found objectassemblage became a focus of his work in the late 80s and this sensibility has been projectedon to his work in stone. – Matt will be offering comprehensive workshops on mold-making, reproductions, pointing, and direct carving methods.
Symposium Schedule (as of June 28th) [click here]
Register on-line – [click here]
To download a PDF of the registration form: click here
To view and download a PDF of our 2011 Camp B brochure- click here
To view and download a flyer for the Art Walk in the Meadow July 16th – click here
(For those who registered, due to the Canadian Postal strike, we are posting
these “post registration” documents: “Registration Thank You” & “What to Bring“)
Learn to Build a Crate for Your Stone Sculptures Saturday, November 7th, 202610 am – 4 pm The Stoneyard Sculpture Studio 6521 5th Ave S Seattle, WA
Join us in Central Oregon August 9-16th for up to 8 days of stone carving with guest Artists Nicholas Fairplay (Relief Carving), Julianne Kohn (Jade Carving) and Alison Jean Cole (Intarsia). Fire up your creative spirit in a supportive environment!
NWSSA’s annual Washington State Stone Carving Symposium will be hosted in Port Orchard, WA. July 11-19th, 2026. Visiting Guest Artists Amy Brier, John Fisher, and Sharon Fullingim will create a collaborative group project, in addition to our jade carving, beginning and intermediate stone carving workshops. Join us!
We need some kind of descriptive text here.