May Workshop Schedule

May Basalt Workshop Schedule-

This schedule is intended as an experiential package for dialogue, demonstration and discussion amongst intermediate/ master level attendees of the May workshop. Our intent is to include (as a full package immersive) components that absorb attendees in mind-bending locational geological history in juncture with diversely skilled leading instructors, regional experts, and teachers in the fields of geology, archaeology, anthropology and natural history. In order for us all to achieve a personalized optimum experience during this 5 day intensive, we need to know what your expectations are while you are attending. If you have anything to add, notice omissions, or have questions regarding this workshop: please contact Gerda and let her know.stonewaterstudio@gmail.com or call- 250-537-1526

· Rates: April 30 – May 5 - 475.00

· Day only rate- 9- 5 (no amenity use) 50.00

· Full Per day rate/ 100.00

Thursday April 30-

· The Set up- Arrive –Check in and set up in the afternoon/early evening. Dinner & Campfire

Friday May 1

· 10- 10:45 am- Introduction, Safety talk, Land, Region, Respect talk with Tony Kaufmann.

· 10:45- 11:15- Attendees choose and select stone

· 11:15 –12:30 Group Discussion and Demonstration- Process 1- The Transportation and Unloading of Basalt with Scott Hackney from Marenakos Rock Center out of Seattle. Anthony Kaufmann, Richard Hestekind, and Tom Small will also join in and expound upon– rigging, referencing, collecting, as well as choosing handling, and moving basalt.

· 1230-1:15 – Lunch

· 1:15- 3:00 Continuation of the Transportation and Unloading of Basalt with Scott Hackney, Tom Small, Anthony Kaufmann and Richard Hestekind.

· 3pm – 5:00 Free Carve

· 5pm- 6:30 Preparation and Dinner (subsequent cleanup)

· 6: 30 to 8:30 -Basalt Talk with Geologist Steve Reidel- “Columbia River basalt: the inner and outer beauty from a geology perspective.”

Saturday May 2

· 7- 9 am Breakfast prep and Coffee (subsequent cleanup)

· 9 am Safety talk

· Process 2- Roughing out

· 9:15- 10:45- Feathers and Wedges- Richard Hestekind

· 10:45- 12:15- Hand Tool Demonstration and Talk with Anthony Kaufmann and Richard Hestekind

· 12:15- 1:15- Lunch prep and cleanup

· 1:15- 3:15 - Diamond chainsaw demonstration and brainstorming ideas, process discussion with Tom Small.

· 3:15 to 5:15 Free Carve

· 5:15 to 6:30 Dinner prep and Cleanup

· 6:30 to 8:30pm- "Archaeology talk with Sean Hess - Traditional Interior Salish Views of Art and Stoneworking”

Sunday May 3

· 7-9 Breakfast Prep and Cleanup

· 9am Safety Talk

· Process 3 - Into the stone

· 9:15- 10:15- Core Drilling Demonstration and Discussion with Tom Small and Richard Hestekind.

· 10:15- 11:15 -Kerf/ Fret cutting Demonstration and Discussion with Tony Kaufmann.

· 11:15- 12:15- Detailing Basalt Demo and Dialogue with Tom, Anthony, and Richard.

· 12:15- 1:15- Lunch prep and cleanup

· 1:15 – 2:15- Continuation of Detailing Talk

· 2:15- 6:15 -Surface Development with Pneumatics- Demonstration and Discussion with Tony, Richard and Tom

· 6:15 – 7:45- Dinner supplied by Gerda- BYOP (plates!)

· Evening Chat- Industrial Relationship &, Design- discussion with Richard Hestekind

Monday May 4

· 7- 9am Breakfast prep and clean up

· 9 am Safety Talk

· Process 4- Refining of Basalt- The Final Surface with Anthony Kaufmann, Tom Small and Richard Hestekind.

· 9:15 12:15 - Pinning, stone stabilization, gluing and Repairs- Demo and dialogue.

· 12:15 – 1:15- Lunch prep and cleanup

· 1:15 – 4:30 - Sandblasting, bushing, chisel texturing, exotic chisels, flaming – and the Timelessness of Polishing- lead by Anthony Kaufmann

· 4:30 – 5:45 Naturalist talk w/ Amy McDougall

· 5:45- 6:30 Dinner and cleanup

· 6:30 on --Free Carve

Tuesday May 5

· Process 6 - Finally

· 7- 9 Breakfast and cleanup

· 9- 10 am Sealers and Maintenance- Group Discussion with Tony, Tom and Richard

· 10 to 11:30 Pack up and clean up –pack a bag lunch for Field trip with Geologist and Archaelogist Mark Amara

· Come back in the afternoon for load up and departure.

In addition-This seems like a full load and it is. There will be time for hands on working and exploration of Basalt at this workshop. Generators will be turned off during demonstrations and discussions but will be turned on at ever other available opportunity including evenings after dinner and afternoons when scheduled process component discussions have been completed.

Master Carvers Gather to Carve a Slice of History

Master Basalt Carvers Gather for Workshop in Geologically Riveting Area

Imagine if you will, as early as 17 million years ago, when the oceanic tectonic plate drifted into the continental plate and formed our coastal region. Hundreds of fissures opened in the earth’s crust causing rivers of hot magma to flow and ooze over a range of expanses in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon, slowly forming the spectacular basalt plateaus that we now know as the Columbia Plateau.
Fast-forward to 18,000 years ago, at a time when ice ages enveloped our region- the Cordilleran Ice Sheet covered Western Canada and into the northern U.S., descending a glacial finger part way down into the Idaho Panhandle. This finger of glacial ice dammed the flow from Clark Fork River, empowering glacial Lake Missoula to form. Think of a lake more than 3,000 square miles, and up to 2,000 feet deep, expanding to cover mountaintops and filling valleys. As the volume of the lake increased, the dam that held forth this capricious water burst, draining this massive lake in 24- 48 hours. The river that flowed was estimated to be as much as ten times the combined flows of all the rivers of the world as it carved out weaker basalt layers, left gravel bars, and suddenly dispersed glacial erratics from as far as Canada and Montana. Silt, sand, gravel and boulders were deposited as far as coastal Oregon. Concurrently, the thunderous 65 mile per hour water flow fashioned violent underwater tornadoes, which gouged potholes and scourged the land on its earth-shaking course to the Pacific Ocean.
Subtle tilts in the earth’s axis varied ice age temperatures, causing the continental ice sheet to melt and refreeze periodically. This enabled giant glacial Lake Missoula to form again and again, bursting repeatedly, impelling this area of our planet to change its landscape forever, and introducing us to some of the most unique geological features in the world.

Carving a Slice of History in Central Washington
-During the spring of 2009, in this Geologically fascinating region, surrounded by columnar basalt exposed for us by the catastrophic Missoula floods, three diverse carvers with mastery in this stone will teach a workshop. A small informed group of intermediate-master level stone carvers will attend to evolve skill, improve technique and share their extensive, collective knowledge.
For four days, carvers will set up camp in the incomprehensibly stunning raw desert between Soap Lake and Moses Lake, importing compressors, generators, and other supplies to find out everything they can about the making, historic relevance, carving, and finishing of basalt.

Sharing of Master Minds (May 1st through to May 4th- 2009)
We are privileged to announce the attendance and tutelage of the following Washington State Master Carvers:

-Genius abstractionist-Tom Small (San Juan Island)
-Awe-inspiring composite carver-Anthony Kaufmann (From Seattle/ Moses Lake)
-Sculpture magnate -Richard Hestekind (Seattle)

Throughout the four full days that have been set aside, individuals will have a palette of basalt at their disposal where they will discuss and apply complex finishing techniques, texturing of basalt, as well as working with the rind that basalt has to offer. There will be in depth, hands on column demonstrations with the vast array of power tools that basalt carvers use. Attendees will leave satiated, knowing that their skills have been honed and their knowledge hued. In addition to the practical sharing of information, we have invited Geologists, an Archeologist, and a Natural Historian to speak at length about the regions rich and varied history. The workshop will be comprehensive and many faceted, and the gathering of these like-minded individuals promises to incite inspiration and be most fun.

Media Contact:
(Workshop coordinator)
Gerda Lattey
stonewaterstudio@gmail.com
250-537-1526 (land)
250-538-8686 (cellular)

Sculptor Websites-
Anthony Kaufmann: http://www.3000bcstudios.com/
Tom Small: http://www.tomsmallsculpture.com/
For information on Richard Hestekind- contact Gerda Lattey
* Desert photo by Kentaro Kojima
* Molten Heart Venus photo by Brandon Casazza