SCULPTURAL STONE CARVING RETREAT
Sculptural Stone Carving Retreat with Bethany Lee
Saturday & Sunday, April 25th & 26th 10AM-5PM and 12PM-5PM respectively
$425 (all supplies included) BYOL (bring your own lunch)
Come enjoy a weekend learning to sculpt an animal using soapstone. Students who have already taken Bethany’s introductory class are invited to participate in this weekend workshop. You may choose to make a fish, snail, horse head or gecko. If you have a different animal in mind, this may be possible by checking with the instructor first. Once you register, you will receive an email asking you about your prefered animal.
You will start with a soapstone block that is pre-shaped by Bethany in advance to match the basic outline of your animal. This helps save time and effort while still giving you plenty of freedom to shape and personalize your own sculpture.
Some experience is needed — prerequisite is taking Bethany’s introduction to stone carving workshop
All materials, including tools and stone, are provided. Please wear closed-toe shoes for safety.
Each student will leave with a sculpture that clearly represents an animal, with some areas fully finished. Students will also gain the skills and knowledge needed to continue and complete the piece on their own.
Coffee and tea breaks will give hands and bodies a chance to rest, while the instructor shares helpful information about the carving process.
The workshop will be held outdoors under some shade and a canopy in the event of a little drizzle. In the case of very bad weather in the forecast, we will have a rain date the last weekend of May 30th and 31st.
This workshop is limited to 9, with a minimum of 5. Each student will get plenty of personal attention. Bring your own lunch.
Bethany is teaching the prerequisite to this retreat on March 14th. See here for more information or to register.
Born and raised in Minnesota, Bethany Lee is a sculptor, working as a traditional stone carver in the DC and Blue Ridge Mountain areas. She enjoys teaching workshops and creating sculptures and lettering projects on commission. Bethany holds a BA in sculpture (’03) from the University of Dallas, and she is a 2019 graduate from the drawing and painting program at the Florence Academy of Art (Jersey City location). When not in the studio, Bethany can often be found entertaining her nieces and nephew, reading at a local coffee shop, or wandering around in the woods somewhere in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
