Port Townsend Artist Sandra Stowell

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

Category: Sculpture

  • Worm Castings

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    And that is Michael’s “piggy” at right in the first photo! My piece is not finished, but the power tool speeded up the progress of getting some depth in that very very hard corner.  Still considering how much variation in finish level and finish texture I want to keep …  but it is all about…

  • Mrs. Scarab Beetle

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    About 3 inches long, very soft fractured alabaster:  fragile! But fun … for this Egyptian born UK citizen.  Story: Mrs. Scarab Beetle is a guardian figure from my place of birth:  Alexandria, Egypt.  She offers comfort, but is very fragile so must of course be cared for most tenderly, like all good things.  

  • Alabaster Chip

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    Working with a chip of alabaster to make myself a scarab beetle (with human face):

  • Tools on order

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    Here is a temporary display of my first stone sculpture, “Young Bird”. And now shopping for stone carving tools! Meanwhile I make do, and make progress.  No silly! This is not a wounded tangle of deformed elephants!  It is an abstract sculpture 🙂

  • Sealed and …

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    I think it is best to seal limestone for outside. And I did rub a hint of yellow pigment on between coats…

  • Starting in Stone

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    This bird is my first stone carving, chiselled from a 6″ x 6″ x 9″ block of nice soft uniform limestone;  started & completed in the NWSSA beginners tent at Pilgrim Firs Stone Camp this week. The stone camp was so much fun: the NWSSA stone camp beginners’ tent provided an amazing opportunity to try…

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