carving instruction Archives : Art of Cindy Presant

Teaching Carving again…..

I’ve begun offering Soapstone Carving workshops in Port Rowan, at the beautiful Birds Canada Headquarters. The first workshop was held on July 13, 2024. It was a perfect summer’s day. I began teaching soapstone carving 18 years ago in Haldimand…

Teaching Carving again…..

The Thrill of New Stone

A Letter in the Mailbox A local carving friend left me letter in my mailbox recently, to tell me that she was retiring from carving stone, and that she wondered if I would like to buy some of her stone…

Resolve to be Creative in 2019

I write resolutions for the New Year, usually around this time of December, imagining a perfect set of goals and strategies for the fresh year ahead. Often these resolutions are similar to the previous year’s, which is fine. Change is incremental, just…

Carving During Holidays: Arguments with Stone

I’ve just spent some time in the workshop, getting re-acquainted with my carvings-in-progress. I left them alone for three weeks to design a new website, which then resulted in sales that needed to be shipped right away. And now Christmas is getting…

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