Port Townsend Artist Sandra Stowell

All about creating my artwork, artwork in progress, & displaying new artwork.

Category: My Art

  • A Very Custom Base

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    I need a very customized wall mount base/backing for my latest delicate alabaster carving. The stone has fracture lines, and is by nature very soft.  It needs to be reinforced and cradled, rather than displayed free standing. I have cut a piece of plywood to the desired size, and printed a design to mount to…

  • A Selfie Card

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  • Decisions

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    Tortured agonizing: how to securely mount & display this delicate alabaster carving! I want to secure it to be hung on the wall: the idea being to partially embed the alabaster in epoxy in order to stabilize the faults in the stone & at the same time attaching it to a wood? backing for hanging.…

  • New Words

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    New words for old ideas: Reading an Oxford University “Short Introduction to the Meaning of Life”, I discover/decide that I am a creator of fiction.  As a voracious reader, primarily of fiction, I used to think I might be a writer of fiction.  But that never came to pass, I did not even dabble in…

  • Rocks For/Four

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  • Alabaster Day 8

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    Sanded to 1200grit where I want a finished look;  I will leave the left side rough!  The title is “Fragment”, I think.

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