ABOUT OUR SUMMER SESSIONS
Welcome to the 12th Annual Sax Stonecarving Workshops. This
summer we will offer TWO intensive 7-DAY intensive courses. The workshops
are open to participants of all levels of experience, from beginner to
professional. We welcome everyone - men, women, young, old. Participants of all levels enjoy one-on-one instruction
in a supportive atmosphere and an unequalled opportunity to study with
the best instructors in the field. Class size is limited, so please register early to secure your place in the
class. For more information, please contact Mark Saxe at (505) 579-9179
or southweststoneworks@yahoo.com.
Our workshops are sponsored in part by the Embudo Valley Arts Association, a non-profit organization
supporting the arts in our community.
SUMMER SESSION ONE 2012
June 11-17, 2012
TRADITIONAL and CONTEMPORARY
TRADITIONAL: We are honored and excited to welcome for the fifth
time Guest Instructor NICHOLAS FAIRPLAY.
Fairplay is one of the most well-trained and talented carvers in the
world today, full of energy and with a great talent for teaching.
President and master artisan of Fairplay Stonecarvers, Fairplay
apprenticed at the age of 16 as a stonecarver in England, working on the
reproduction of carvings for medieval and classical buildings and
cathedrals. He studied life modeling and drawing at the City and Guilds
of London Art College, and after receiving his degree won a scholarship
to study architecture and sculpture in Rome. During his impressive
career, Nick has instructed students and carvers while working for the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine as head carver, at Cathedral Stoneworks
at Carnegie Mellon University, and at Agrell and Thorpe. Nick is a
member of the Association of Master Carvers in England, and is a
professional member of the Stone Carvers Guild in the US. He is the
subject of a documentary, Nicholas Fairplay: Stone Carver, and was a
consultant for the PBS documentary on Pyramid Construction.
CONTEMPORARY: Workshop Director and Founder, MARK
SAXE, will share his vast knowledge of contemporary abstract
sculpture, with a focus on harder stone. Saxe draws upon his years of
experience as a quarrier, fabricator, letterer, and carver to give his
work a spontaneous and fluid quality only achievable by one who has
developed a long respectful relationship with his medium. In addition to
owning SOUTHWEST STONEWORKS in New Mexico
for 35 years, Saxe is the Director and Founder of Sax Stonecarving
Workshops, now in their 12th year, and is stonecarving instructor at the
University of New Mexico, Taos. In numerous private collections, his
work is influenced by Noguchi, Chillida, and William Edmondson. He is
represented by LewAllen Contemporary in Santa Fe.
SUMMER SESSION TWO 2012
The
workshop will be held at Class tuition in the summer sessions includes two cubic
feet of limestone.
August 13-19, 2012
Please check this site again for details on Session Two.
We hope you will join us
in beautiful
northern New Mexico
for an unforgettable stone carving
experience.
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SOUTHWEST STONEWORKS
in RINCONADA, NEW
MEXICO
(between Santa Fe and Taos).
(Other stones are also available at very
reasonable prices, and a comparably priced stone can be substituted for
the limestone.)
Lunch each day is included with summer sessions
only.