GALLERIES:
LUNENBURG ART GALLERY
I am a member of the Lunenburg Art Gallery in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, a fabulous, bright space in a new location in a scenic town full of galleries. I experienced my first sales there.
ART ASSOCIATIONS:
NOVA SCOTIA DESIGNER CRAFTS COUNCIL
SUPPLIERS:
WALLACE QUARRIES: Some of the finest sandstone on the continent is quarried in Wallace NS on the Northumberland Strait. Wallace is a tiny village with a friendly cafe serving tasty food in summer, and - most important - a sculptor-friendly quarry that supplies many of Canada's important architectural, landscaping and artistic needs.
SOAPSTONE NOVA SCOTIA: These friendly entrepreneurs stock soapstone and alabaster in various sizes and colours.
DERUSHA SUPPLY: Who among us doesn't lurk in the aisles of Princess Auto, Home Depot, Canadian Tire etc? But for stone-carving specialty tools, Stanstead, Quebec, in the fabled Eastern Townships, is home to this trade supplier as well as a Granite Museum. Both are friendly and enthusiastic ambassadors of the stone-carving trade.
WORKSHOPS:
SOAPSTONE NOVA SCOTIA offers excellent food and camaraderie with their stone carving workshops, as it should be. They use soapstone, the softest stone on the hardness scale, so you can complete your carving in a day - a reasonable investment of your money and time.
I am a member of the Lunenburg Art Gallery in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, a fabulous, bright space in a new location in a scenic town full of galleries. I experienced my first sales there.
ART ASSOCIATIONS:
NOVA SCOTIA DESIGNER CRAFTS COUNCIL
SUPPLIERS:
WALLACE QUARRIES: Some of the finest sandstone on the continent is quarried in Wallace NS on the Northumberland Strait. Wallace is a tiny village with a friendly cafe serving tasty food in summer, and - most important - a sculptor-friendly quarry that supplies many of Canada's important architectural, landscaping and artistic needs.
SOAPSTONE NOVA SCOTIA: These friendly entrepreneurs stock soapstone and alabaster in various sizes and colours.
DERUSHA SUPPLY: Who among us doesn't lurk in the aisles of Princess Auto, Home Depot, Canadian Tire etc? But for stone-carving specialty tools, Stanstead, Quebec, in the fabled Eastern Townships, is home to this trade supplier as well as a Granite Museum. Both are friendly and enthusiastic ambassadors of the stone-carving trade.
WORKSHOPS:
SOAPSTONE NOVA SCOTIA offers excellent food and camaraderie with their stone carving workshops, as it should be. They use soapstone, the softest stone on the hardness scale, so you can complete your carving in a day - a reasonable investment of your money and time.
