Thanks, Ben - I'll do that. I am a closet sculptor - used to carve in soapstone when I was in my teens. I have a 6" x 6" block that I'm trying to decide what to do with. Hopefully this will help me! That's a great story - I think I'd like to visit there some time.
Patrick > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 5:10 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Rock pet (was: Re: Saddam joke) > > > Patrick- > > thanks. > check out their web site: www.spiritsinstone.com > > Besides a "virtual gallery", it has pages on the stone, the > people, the > sculpture process, etc. > > The curators of the sculpture project in the U.S. are Anthony > and Laura Ponter. > Tony grew up in Zimbabwe, in the NE of the country near the > mountains. His > father collected the unique sculpture of the Shona in that > region. (Looks a lot > like Picasso I think, but was not influenced by "Western" > art.) The sculptors > believe that the spirits of their ancestors guide them to > quarry a particular > piece of stone and make a particular thing of it. > > Tony moved to England then the U.S. where he met Laura. They > went to Zimbabwe > for their honeymoon. He had planned a safari. She became > enchanted by the > sculpture at Tony's father's home, and said basically "to > heck with the safari, > I want to go meet these people and learn about them and their art". > > They set up a project back in the U.S. to support the artists > and bring their > sculpture here. They have three galleries in the San > Francisco Bay Area, and a > headquarters/warehouse on a horse ranch in the wine country > near Sonoma. Laura > has a love for abused or disabled horses, and provides a > place for them to live > out the remainder of their lives in dignity with love and > care. The sculpture > warehouse is a horse barn! > > We receive notification of events at the ranch, which is by > invitation only, > and the hippo is our 8th piece of their sculpture for > ourselves, plus 3 pieces > we have given as gifts. This is the only large heavy piece. > Six of the others > are on the mantel, one is on my desk at work. > > -Ben > > > That is a nice sculpture! And a beautiful piece of stone! > > > > Patrick > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 4:23 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Rock pet (was: Re: Saddam joke) > > > > > Speaking of Rock, check out these new photos: > > > http://www.houseoffusion.com/users/view.cfm?RecordID=195 and > > > http://www.houseoffusion.com/users/view.cfm?RecordID=196 > > > > > > This hippo has several advantages over some of y'all's pets: > > > -doesn't eat > > > -doesn't mess > > > -doesn't scratch > > > -doesn't chew > > > -doesn't wander off > > > -always in a good mood > > > > > > He's a sculpture from the Shona tribe in Zimbabwe, made out > > > of a solid piece of > > > serpentine from the Nyanga Mountains, weighs a bit over > 210 pounds. > > > > > > BTW in #195, it's the one on the _left_ > > > :-) > > > > > > -Ben > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
