Stone Symposium Mid-Week

  I stopped by the sculpture symposium again on Wednesday or Thursday and grabbed a few more photos.  It was interesting to see the different levels of progress by the the sculptors.  I never made it back at week's end for the final show, but shots of it can be seen on JC's site, linked in my last entry.

2012 Stone Sculpture Symposium at JC Stone

  This has been going on all week and will culminate in an auction or sale or something this weekend. I have stopped by a few times in the last few days and grabbed a few shots. I leave every time feeling a combination of inspiration and inferiority. Some of these guys have years of experience and some of them are just beginning, but they all seem to share a passion for the art of stoneworking.
  Here is a link to the official JC Symposium Website for further info: http://www.jcstoneinc.com/jc-event-gallery/jc-event-gallery-2.html

Ready For The Mantle

The First Lintel In Place

  The first lintel is set, along with the adjoining stones around the top. It was not a walk in the park. I sure hope it gets easier as we get higher. Oh wait, that isn't possible.

J.C. Stone

Damon and I stopped at J.C. Stone on our way out to Dan Ucci's yesterday morning. J.C. is our major source of stone in the mid-coast region and they have been for many years now. Specializing these days in the cutting and fabricating of truly incredible sculptural pieces for homes, businesses, and monuments; there is hardly anything in the way of rock they cannot provide. We stopped into the saw shop and I am always struck by the sheer magnitude of the diamond blade on the CNC (computer numerical control) machine they use to slice through granite blacks the size of large automobiles. It must be a fourteen-foot blade. The air inside is thick with moisture and noise and a pasty gray film of wet stone dust covers everything. It is impressive and intimidating at the same time. This is the other end of what I do, the other side of stonework, the technical side; and J.C. Stone does it well.