Among my favorite subjects to render from stone was women. Deeply influenced by the great English sculptor Henry Moore and the superbly talented Spanish-American sculptor José de Creeft, I came to love simple curves and exaggerated gestures…
As the Buddha begins to appear more clearly, the community is taking more of an interest— folks come up the hill to observe the work. "It's like watching paint dry," comments a visitor.
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In 1993, the Furnace Mountain Zen Retreat Center commissioned me to carve a Buddha in the Appalachian foothills of Eastern Kentucky. I traveled there in my Sportsmobile, a converted E-350 Ford beverage-body van…
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If you want to start carving soft stones such as alabaster, soapstone, or talc, you may have all the tools you need in the kitchen and garage.
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