I have been volunteering on the Grouse Mountain Snow Sculpting Team in Vancouver, BC, Canada for three years now, and the team captain is a retired international sand sculpture competitor. Alan Matsumoto has regaled me with stories of his work,
I have been invited by the Harmony Arts Festival to do two interactive stone polishing demonstrations at the "Dialogue" stones in John Lawson Park in West Vancouver, BC, Canada. I did one on Wednesday afternoon and will be there again
The organizers of the Changsha International Sculpture Festival 2014 have contacted each of us participating artists to inform us that they will soon be installing our finished sculptures in their permanent locations in the Yanghu Wetland Park. I went to Google
The Changsha Pilot Investment Holdings (CPIH) Company has purchased both of my sculptures, “Stallion” and “Blue Drake” to be part of their corporate art collection. This is particularly fitting, as 2014 is the Year of the Horse in China. CPIH was
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
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