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George Graham | 1 Jul 2008 04:51
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Re: sculpture comment time

Gary,
I like your new piece. It has gravity and motion. In a lot of your pieces you have done a great job of making the
pedestal an integral part of the subject. The little gap shown at the bottom of the fish between the fish and
the soapstone gives it a nice, subtle uncomfortable tension. I try to have that element in my work.
You have done a nice piece of sculpture, and have a fine body of work.
Looks great to me,
George Graham
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John Klassen | 1 Jul 2008 16:17
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10000 formulas

Hello,
A friend gave me a book that I thought a lot of stonelisters might like.

It is called "10,000 Formulas and Trade Secrets",  by Checkerbooks.  867pages.

Originally printed in 1907 but it is available in paperback, reprinted in 1981.

It has all kinds of stuff in there for just about any hobby you can think of.  There are old school stone cements
and stain removing techniques as well.  

Have fun

John
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blank | 5 Jul 2008 08:07
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New/updated in the Stone Sculpture Virtual Library

1 link added or updated in the Stone Sculpture Virtual Library this week.
The full list is on http://aboutstone.org/vl/recent/

1. Cudworth, Dave
    http://www.itsdaft.net/
    Traditional Dry Stone Walling and unique hand carved stonework.
    From England to Ontario and Nova Scotia. Keeping traditional crafts
    alive.
    Location: Canada (Nova Scotia and Ontario).
        Updated 03-Jul-2008 by Dave Cudworth.
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Peggy B. Perazzo | 5 Jul 2008 21:14
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New California Stone Carver/Co. section of our stone quarry web site

Hello :
Through the last 11 years I've been asked about historical California 
stone carvers, etc.  I wanted to let you know that my husband Pat and 
I have finally completed the section of our web site on stone 
quarries, stone workers, and companies.

This section includes photographs of signed - and some unsigned - 
cemetery stones that I found in my search for information on these 
carvers and companies.  These stones are generally from the late 
1800s to very early 1900s.

If you would like to see the material, you will find it at the URL below:

California Stone Carver/Company section of Stone Quarries & Beyond web site:
http://quarriesandbeyond.org/states/ca/ca-stone_carvers/menu.html

(Please note that the on-site Google search engine has not spidered 
the new section yet, so it will not be able to help you find specific 
people in that section yet.)

Peggy Perazzo

Peggy B. Perazzo
pbperazzo@...
Stone Quarries and Beyond
http://quarriesandbeyond.org/
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Gary Grossman | 8 Jul 2008 14:53
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a tale of breakage

We had some recent posts regarding how breakage or cracks in a sculpture
should be handled, both from a practical and a philosophical point of view.
As many of you know, my job entails a fair amount of travel and I always try
and take a small piece of sculpture with me to work on.  I had been working
on a steatite nude and had carried it around with me to a number of places
while I filed away, never quite done.  About three months ago I picked it up
again and the head fell off, maybe from being banged around a bit inside
suitcases. Okay, I thought, I'll try a nude without a head.  This is only my
second nude and I'm still finding my style.  At the end of May I went to
Salt Lake City for a meeting and stayed with my cousin who has a 2-year
old.  She left for several days so I set up my little sculpting station in
the bathroom and worked on the piece.  On the day that she came home I
thought, should I go get that piece now, no surely it's safe for 20
minutes.  Of course you know what happened, within five minutes my 2-year
old cousin had found the sculpture (above eye level but resting on a piece
of bubble wrap) yanked on the bubble wrap and the sculpture tumbled to the
tiled floor and the bottom portion of the legs broke off.  All I could do
was laugh -  it seemed like this piece had bad karma.  I struggled with the
"glue it back on (it was a clean break) or just put it away for a few days
and think about it.  Long story short, I decided to let karma be karma and
finished the piece as it was, reminiscent of a fragmentary Greek or Roman
torso.  I guess that the moral of the story is never give up and the
secondary moral is sometimes broken isn't broken.  The piece is about 16" in
height including the base and the base is Italian soapstone.Three scans are
at
www.negia.net/~grossman/steatitenudefront.jpg
www.negia.net/~grossman/steatitenudeback.jpg
www.negia.net/~grossman/steatitenudeside.jpg
Happy carving from the hot and muggy South.
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Norman Watts | 8 Jul 2008 14:59
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Re: a tale of breakage

fortunately, you're not carving a grave marker!

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Christine Bailey | 8 Jul 2008 15:59
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Re: a tale of breakage

Actually the third moral is, two year olds have an uncanny knack for finding
that which you would rather they not.... Sorry could resist!
christine
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Richard Hirst | 8 Jul 2008 23:06
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Carving Instruction

Several postings have requested information regarding carving classes, 
especially in Europe. Well, I recently returned from a very rewarding and 
challenging month-long workshop at the Pietrasanta Marble Carving School. The 
school’s teacher, John Taylor, provided a comprehensive course of study that 
involved every aspect of the art of carving. In addition to expert instruction 
in the many methods of tool handling, carving and finishing, we were  
introduced to the evaluation of marbles, handling of large blocks, the history 
of marble carving, and the role of marble sculpture in the history of art. 
Informative trips to local workshops and the quarries rounded out an 
understanding of the role of the artigiani in the realization of marble 
sculpture 

The school is fully equipped, with air hammers, benches, lifting equipment, 
etc. John actively provided vital assistance to each student in terms of 
sculptural design, tool usage, information and critique. The school itself is 
the oldest marble carving school in Pietrasanta, Italy. The fee for the month 
is 1500 Euros which includes a small piece of marble. If necessary, the school 
has access to room lodging which is included in the fee. Shorter courses are 
also available. To get more information email John Taylor at 
johngiotaylor@...
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Bernard Arnest | 9 Jul 2008 16:06
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heating your shop?

Hi!

    I've just transferred to an art school in Baltimore, and now that
my artwork will actually help my transcript, I intend to set up a shop
and spend more time on carving than ever before.
    There are innumerable art coops in the city-- not what I want.
Expensive, nicer floors than a stone shop needs or should have, and
the city to me is a serious inconvenience that I'm paying extra for.
    Warehouse space is just too big, and tends to be concentrated to
the south of the city where my university is to the north.

    So I'm left with garage space.  Someone will rent their 2-car
garage for $150/mo, and it's well lit and with electricity of course,
but it is not heated.  Small, ground-floor access for the heavier
stones, cheap to rent, and 5 miles away from campus.  Perfect.

    I don't know if it's insulated, but I'm doubting it.
    So, one thought: how well do heat lamps work for you?  Those
infrared/ microwave electric lamps meant mainly to throw off heat in
one direction (towards me) and not heat the whole room like a gas
furnace does; buy 2-3 of them?  Honestly, I prefer the cold and will
be warmed by the strenuous work; but I will want something once it
starts to drop below 40.  And I might be bringing in models, too, who
will want something.

                        thanks!!
                         -Bernard
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Bernard Arnest | 9 Jul 2008 16:25
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large-grained marble; carvable?

Hi,

    I know that while a heavy blow with a point or tooth will pop out
the crystals, a sharp flat chisel cuts through them.  If there's a
piece of marble with crystals averaging 3/16" wide, is this still
quite carvable?  If at 1:1 scale with life, can I get at least some
facial detail?
    And, will this look bad?  Up close, it'll look more like a mosaic
instead of solid white; from afar maybe the large crystals will give
it a sparkling look instead of a satin glow.  Could be interesting, or
could just be ugly :-/

           let me know your thoughts!!
             -Bernard Arnest
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