The Duckling Emerges

Translucent Honey Alasbaster

Work still in progress from

British Columbia Green Marble

When arguing

with a stone,

an egg

is always wrong.

-African Saying

BIRD BATH

Pink African Stone

The Giving of Wings

Chlorite

Revolving on Granite Base

Little Angel

Italian Marble from Carrera, Italy

Twitter Belle

Green Marble from Texado Island

British Columbia

Cormorant

Bombay Black Fine Grain Steatite

"The Answer was Love,

and with this Revelation,

Butterfly Wings appeared.

SOAPSTONE

Hummingbird

Italian Green Soapstone

As in nature, as in art,

so in grace;

it is rough treatment

that gives souls,

as well as stones,

their luster.

Thomas Guthrie

Carving in stone is a bit like giving birth . . . first the conception, then incubation, and finally the delivery.  It is a joyful, passionate process!  And it does not end with the birth . . .for each birth marks a new beginning . . .

Michelangelo said about carving in stone - just carve away the part that isn't David . . .  and although we may not all have a David in our stone . . . we do have a wonderful promise within each new piece . . . and an incredible desire to find it.  That is the easy part . . . the desire that drives a stone carver on . . . breathing dust, chipping away . . . continuing through aching back and the knowledge that the sun is setting . . .

The hard part is the rest.

Pavarotti (the songbird)

Italian Marble from Carrera

LITTLE GREEN PEACE

British Columbia Green Marble