This 5 day workshop is an introduction to carving stone using power tools in a working stone sculpture studio. Participants will use a choice of limestone or Carrara marble to plan and create a sculpture, using electric and pneumatic tools. You will learn the Direct Carving method, wherein you create a sculpture directly from the block of stone. Your goal will be to leave with a completed, flat bottomed sculpture, however if you do not finish your piece by course end, you will have enough knowledge to finish your sculpture on your own, (after you leave).
Bring your creativity and enthusiasm and let’s make dust!
What’s Included
- work table
- 2 sandbags
- 1/2 cubic foot (approx.) your choice of either limestone or Carrara marble
- use of angle grinders
- use of manual tools
- use of pneumatic hammers and chisels
- use of die grinders & points
- use of rasps and rifflers
- sanding cloth
- fatigue mat for standing on
What To Bring
- mandatory – safety glasses, dust mask or respirator, ear protection, long hair protection, closed steel toe footwear, clothes to get dusty in
- suggested – thin work gloves
Daily Schedule
Morning: Safety talk, technical aspects of power tools and safe use, choose your material, conceptualize your composition.
Afternoon: Begin to carve your sculpture.
Morning: Power tool maintenance, stone geology, deal with tricky carving situations, carving time.
Afternoon: Carving time.
Morning: Using power tools to sand and smooth your sculpture, composition critique, tips for future compositions, general sculpture composition discussion.
Afternoon: Carving time.
Morning: Brief history of stone sculpture over the centuries, new technologies to explore for creating and executing stone sculpture, carving time.
Afternoon: Carving time.
Morning: Carving time
Afternoon: Carving time and clean up.
Cost
- $950.00 Canadian + GST
Dates
- May 13 – 17, 2024