The first annual Changsha International Sculpture Arts Festival 2014 has come to a close. This 45 day culture festival consisted of many events, including we 21 sculptors from 17 countries who came to the city of Changsha, China to create monumental
These are photos of Michelle and I celebrating the completion of "Look to the Horizon" at the carving site of the Changsha International Sculpture Festival 2014. The sculpture is carved from a grey granite that is quarried near Xiemen, China.
Michelle arrived in Changsha safely on Saturday morning. It was so good to hold her after being apart for six weeks! Of course I was happy to be back together, but Michelle also brought my replacement air hammer so I
I am continuing to overcome hiccups in carving my 12 foot tall granite sculpture for the Changsha International Sculpture Art Festival 2014. The impact gun I bought last week has a strike so hard, it breaks the low quality Chinese steel
After a week of frustration trying to find a solution to my broken air hammer, I came to grips with the situation. Last Sunday morning, the German sculptor, Jorg Plickat lead a "field trip" to a local industrial tool neighbourhood
Our hosts continue to wow us. After 12 days of work, we got a holiday. We left Changsha by plane to Zhangjiajie in the northern part of Hunan province and were wined and dined at the foot of the Wulingyuan Mountains
I borrowed an idea from fellow Changsha International Sculpture Arts Festival participant, Nicolas Bertoux of France. I found a large scrap of white marble, and had my interpreters, Cherry Huang and Sherry Lee translate my English explanation into Chinese with a
Murphy's Law is ubiquitous. On October 6, my work horse air hammer made a strange popping sound at about 3 pm and while sounding in working order, was ineffective with the chisel. What to do when a precision American pneumatic tool
It has been almost three weeks since I began work on my monumental granite sculpture for the Changsha International Sculpture Arts Festival 2014. I am pictured here working on the male nude's left shoulder. A small detail arose before the sculpture
Today is the 65th birthday of the People's Republic of China, and the sculptors of the Changsha International Sculpture Arts Festival officially opened our exhibition of smaller works. It is an honour to be part of an international sculpture exhibition