{"id":220,"date":"2011-08-05T00:14:13","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T23:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/?p=220"},"modified":"2021-06-30T09:12:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T08:12:00","slug":"stone-carving-with-charlotte-de-syllas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/?p=220","title":{"rendered":"Stone Carving with Charlotte De Syllas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There is something delightfully absorbing and unwinding about stone carving; after my first experience back in 2007 I was hooked – and last month I returned once more to Charlotte De Syllas’ stone carving course at The London Met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have an ongoing personal project around found objects\u2026 but you will have to wait a while for me to explain more – there’s a whole exhibition in it, I hope, one day\u2026 suffice to say that I decided to dedicate my course time to replicating my found object in as precise detail as possible, in stone.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The process is slow but immensely satisfying; over 4 days I worked a piece of blue lace agate from rock\u00a0 –<\/p>\n

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blue lace agate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

using these tools<\/p>\n

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Stone-cutting saw<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Grinding wheels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

and then these<\/p>\n

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useful tools for grinding stone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

and these<\/p>\n

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3 nice files<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

to make this<\/p>\n

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Water (back detail)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’m delighted with my result. I’m not sure yet whether it will be an object to wear – I like the idea of it being a conundrum, a curiosity, a museum piece – a future relic. I’m still thinking about it’s deeper symbolic associations with water\/life\/preciousness…..the way we live now…<\/p>\n

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Back to the course –<\/p>\n

There were 6 of us on the course, and over the 4 days our stories unfolded –\u00a0 new threads of connectivity span the country, ideas spread, life changes. Another wonderful element of being a student is in this serendipitous meeting of others with similar drives, diverse approaches. And how delightfully different our finished pieces were – sorry, no photos to show, but I did particularly love the smokey quartz cicada wing \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

We were all inspired by our tutor; Charlotte’s work is beautiful. I love her fluid forms, and as she described the pieces in her folio we were drawn to look more closely at her work;\u00a0 it was evident that each piece presented technical challenges that only a master could achieve with such ingenuity and (?) simplicity. I was also inspired by her approach to jewellery\u00a0 with colour as the foundation for her pieces – precisely the opposite place from my own usual starting point!<\/p>\n

Charlotte is deeply knowledgeable about stone and carving it, and she is a very generous teacher (and a great entertainer – so sorry I had to miss the end of course drinks) and if you think your hands can take the punishment (wet\/dry\/wet\/dry\/wet\/dry) sign up for the next course now – I thoroughly recommend it!<\/p>\n

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