Limestone Sculpting Workshop
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Curious to get your head and hands around stone carving?Join us for a 4-hour workshop to introduce the use of tools and techniques for hand sculpting natural Mt Gambier limestone. We'll guide you in the safe use of saws, hammers, chisels and a variety of rasps and files to create relief and 3D sculptures.
Approaches to sculpting by removing material from a block will be covered, and how to transfer your idea into stone... which by the way can be anything at all! You may like to bring an object or image for inspiration, or explore using the tools in a freeform way and see what appears.
No experience is required, just curiosity and a willingness to get slightly dusty!
Sunday 15 March 2026
9am - 1pm
Max 15 participants
Instructors: Sally Wickes / Evan Marker
$120
Ages: 15+
Younger participants 10+ with accompanying adult
This workshop is suitable for participants with a wide range of ages and abilities. Not a lot of strength is required to shape the limestone and work bench heights are adjustable.
Please contact Sally at sasculptors@gmail.com to see if we can help provide easier access for you.
Personal protective equipment and safety
Stone sculpting is a bit dusty. Mt Gambier limestone is 90-97% calcium carbonate with magnesium carbonate and oxide. It is classified as a non-hazardous substance.
If you have existing airways sensitivities or conditions, please confirm that this is suitable for you with your medical practitioner.
Provided
● Clear plastic eye safety glasses or your own
● Disposable nose and mouth mask with filter
● Gloves
To bring on the day
● Covered shoes
Your SASSA Instructors for this workshop are:
Sally Wickes is a professional sculptor working in hard and soft stone since 2002. She has stone sculptures in public art collections for the City of Adelaide and Macclesfield. In 2012, Sally received Arts SA and Helpmann Academy grants to undertake marble carving tuition in Pietrasanta, Italy and again in Florence, Italy in 2025. Sally has been conducting stone carving classes since the AHISS international sculpture symposia series in 2016.
sallywickes.com
Evan Marker is a stonemason, sculptor and letter carver, applying over 20 years of stone working experience to his sculpting practice, producing symposium scale and smaller works. He has conducted school group and adult carving classes since 2019. Evan recently completed his Churchill Scholarship to expand his stone lettering skills in Europe and the UK.
evanmarkerstone.com.au
Please feel free to email sasculptors@gmail.com if you have any queries.
We look forward to sculpting with you soon!
Date
Sunday 15 March 2026 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM (UTC+10:30)Location
Murray Bridge Regional Gallery
27 Sixth St, Murray Bridge SA 5253
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