Concept

The particular intensity and slowness of stone carving demands an adaptation in one’s own rhythm
which can only be achieved with experienced time.

The first week’s full of new impressions and situations
and will pass in the twinkling of an eye.
In the second week, you will apply and repeat what you have learnt and
you may experience exhaustion and possibly the feeling of stress about
not finishing on time.
Mostly at the end of this week, just before leaving, you will be able
to combine your newly gathered knowledge into a complete experience.
At a later stage, you will be able to build upon these experiences:
both in a practical way – certain operations will have become a routine -
and also in a theoretic way, as the obtained differentiations may lead to
new perspectives in relation to the handling of two or three dimensional
media and art forms.

For beginners, I suggest an initial period of at least 2 weeks.

I once ran a two-week workshop in Dijon attended by art students
who were literally burning for action. The key experience for them was
the forging their own tools at the beginning of the course
which almost took them a whole week.
During the second week, they repeated the same gestures with the hammer,
only the object had changed. Their creative ambition, now stripped off
the initial zest for action, had changed likewise.
For the “whole-year-round art producers” this was a remarkable experience
and for some a successful one,too.


My attention during the workshops is focused on 2 axis:

• Managing time and physical effort while carving a sculpture into stone
• The individual ideas and starting points of the participants in a cultural and artistic range

Thus it becomes possible to live the workshop not only in the ‘here and now’ but also in relation to everyday live.

It could be helpful, if you would transmit with your inscription some images of your recent drawings, paintings or sculptures.

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