Pat Doratti has his stone studio in Nelson, British Columbia a small arts city in the Rocky Mountains above Spokane Washington. One of the interesting things he has there is a […]
NWSSA Staff
December 2, 2023
Hand tools, yeah! One arm swings the hammer; the other braces the point or claw. This drum beat sends us on a journey into the stone. It’s primitive, direct, a […]
NWSSA
July 27, 2022
by Michael Binkley For 34 years, I was a sculptor who worked exclusively as a direct subtractive carver, meaning I did not create a model of my composition and then […]
Michael Binkley
November 26, 2017
In my first year of architectural school, I had the chance to take 2 semesters of sculpture before the architectural curriculum consumed me. That was where I was introduced to […]
Carl Nelson
October 26, 2017
To guide sculptors who would wish to have work executed in China, here is an outline of a current project, the problems with local production, the Chinese option and the […]
George Pratt
December 16, 2009



