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12
17th Annual Sax Stonecarving Workshops - Session 2
East Meets West with Matt Auvinen, Guest Instructor, and Kazutaka Uchida, Guest Artist
East Meets West with Matt Auvinen, Guest Instructor, and Kazutaka Uchida, Guest Artist
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Visit their website: http://saxstonecarving.com/workshop.html#session2This workshop will expose students to traditional and innovative Italian stonecarving techniques and approaches. It is most appropriate for intermediate and advanced participants.
Our Guest Instructor, Matt Auvinen, has spent more than twenty years in Italy - studying, carving and teaching.
Matt worked for several stone carving ateliers in the Pietrasanta area, the epicenter of Italian stonecarving, where he learned and practiced stonecarving under the tutelage of master carvers perfecting the techniques that have been passed down from professional to apprentice for hundreds of years. While in Italy, he became the sculpture instructor at Temple University Rome as well as a sculpture and drawing instructor at the Studio Arts Centers International in Florence. Upon returning to the US, he became the 3D design instructor at Chico State University, in Chico, California, where he currently lives.
Matt has the ability to present what he has learned in an imaginative and interesting way, weaving the classical with the contemporary. His extensive knowledge of the history of stone sculpture adds dimension to the class. A bonus highlight in last year’s class was Matt’s presentation of his collection of specialized carving tools.
This session is a wonderful and rare opportunity to work with a stonecarver and sculptor who has been in a unique position to receive carving knowledge directly from the source. -
Category
Workshops -
Date & Time
Aug 12 2017 at 10:30 - Aug 18 2017 at 18:45 -
Location & full address
Rinconada, New Mexico, USA -
Event Admins
Rock&Tools