Joseph Conrad Stone Cutter

Joseph Conrad has worked & played in the stone industry for fifty years. From architectural drafting to quarrying to stone installations to founding a stone fabrication business to stone exploring and eventually to sculpture. His blog shares his lifetime of experience. It is meant to make the urban landscape understandable to everyone. He hopes to help provide a sense of place in the urban environment by providing his insights on stone history & fabrication.

Thursday, April 11, 2013

ARTIST'S STATEMENT

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Stone sculpture is a totally unique, for it is a singularly subtractive process. Even in polishing the finished piece, there is only remova...
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

THE ITALIAN MYSTIQUE PROVIDES A BUMP - BUT DOES LOCAL STONE SPEAK TO YOU?

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"Speak to me" It seems to me Arts are local, and are based on local history and local knowledge, not in itself a bad thing...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

There's Marble in Them There Islands, Part 3

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There is a wealth of misinformation surrounding the marble industry. One example is illustrated here. Many people assume marble has value...
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How Are You Inspired?

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I once asked a friend, what do you think was on the mind of the woodcarver when he was carving a wall sculpture he had purchased. I think...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Twenty frequent comments from visitors at my stone sculpture studio

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The stone yard 1 Do you know Mary Jo? (Mary Jo Anderson is a well-known Oregon sculptor) 2 I know a person who makes ...
Sunday, April 22, 2012

Why Blog About Stone??

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Socrates was a stonecutter. I suspect his wife wanted more stonecutting and less dialogue. But I am sure he would probably blog if he was st...
Saturday, April 21, 2012

STONECUTTERS URBAN ECOLOGY 101: URBAN THERAPY

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Living and walking about a city is always an exciting experience for me as a stone history buff. Something new around every corner. It'...
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Joseph Conrad has fifty years experience working in the stone fabrication industry. He is the founder of Conrad Stonecutter in Portland, Oregon (http://www.conradstonecutter.com).
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