The Joy of Carrara

From the day I realised I was a sculptor and reading about the romantic ideal of being a stone carver in the mountains of Italy, I never really wanted to go; I didn’t want to break the myth.

40th birthday prezzzie to Carrera for 2 whole weeks from my doting [...]

The Carrara Experience

For all my years as an artist I had waited with great expectation for the day I finally managed to elude all other responsibilities to arrive in the land that had for millions of years preserved such exquisite marble within its fortress mountains from where Michelangelo would ultimately carve his inimitable “David.”

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(Note: Amy Miller was a student in 2010′s sculpture course, and this year she’s returning to Carrara as an assistant instructor.)

The Experience

I’ve been studying stone carving under Steve Shaheen in NYC since September 2009. After being primarily self-taught in soapstone, I wanted someone to help push me to the next level [...]