Bethany Lee is a stone carver working in the DC and Blueridge Mountain area where she works on commission and teaches carving workshops. Bethany works primarily on commission and is available for lettering, relief carving and sculptures in the round. Please contact her for a quotation on your project!
Upcoming Carving Workshops taught by Bethany
Demo – May 16 at Pierce Mill in Rock Creek Park in Washington DC for the Historic Trades Festival hosted by Friends of Pierce Mill – More info here! Come an watch carving and try carving as well!
Saturday, May 30 from 9-11:30AM – Beginning Stone Carving at The Workhouse Art Center, Cost $100 plus $25 for stone payable at class. New and returning students welcome! Click here for more info and to sign up!
Saturday, June 6 from 2-4:30PM – Beginning Stone Carving at the Rockfish Valley Community Center. New and returning students welcome. Cost $125 plus Eventbrite processing fee. Click here for more info and sign up! Returning students, bring your stone back to continue carving for a $25 discount with CODE Stone2.
Saturday and Sunday, June 13 (10AM-5PM) and June 14 (12-5PM) – Carve a Sculpture in Two Days Retreat at The Workshop at Timber Ridge. Carve an animal sculpture in soapstone using soapstone blocks prepared to the general dimensions of stock animals. Cost $425, all supplies included. BYOL (bring your own lunch). Click here for more info and to sign up! Prerequisite for this two-day workshop is to have taken at least one class with me as some familiarity with the tools and technique is necessary for the student to have an enjoyable, satisfying experience!
Make your own tools and then learn to carve with them at the VA Institute of Blacksmithing. The weekend of tool making and stone carving returns! On Saturday, attend a blacksmithing workshop and make your own set of stone carving tools from 9AM-4PM on Saturday, June 20. Cost $150. Click here to for more info and sign up for the tool making class. Then, come back on Sunday, June 21 from 2-4:30 for an Intro to Stone Carving workshop. Cost $140 ($125 plus $15 admin fee). Click here for more info and to sign up for the stone carving class. Students are not required to take both classes together.
Saturday, July 11 from 2-5PM – Intro to Stone Carving at Andrew Wilson Smith Sculpture Studio in South Bend, IN. Cost $125. Click here for more info and to sign up. Stay after the workshop for Andrew’s studio get-together, “Beer Vespers” in the evening.
Tuesday, July 14, 5:30-8PM Intro to Stone Carving, Verona Maker Space, Verona, WI. Cost $100. Click here for more info and to sign up!
Saturday, July 18, 1-4PM Intro to Stone Carving at the Franconia Art Park in Franconia, MN. Learn the basic of stone carving through a series of exercises and then carve your own design. Cost $80 (sliding scale available). Sign up here.
Proposed Workshop July 19 in Eagan, MN (Details coming soon if this happens!)
Proposed Workshop July 25 in Steubenville, OH (Details coming soon if this happens!)
Friday, July 31st 9AM-5PM Carve a Birdbath or Bookends at the Waterford School of Craft, Waterford, VA, Cost $250
Saturday’s August 8 and 15, 9-11:30AM, Letter Carving at Friendly City Clay and Art Center, Harrisonburg, VA – More info forthcoming.
Saturday, August 15, 3-5:30PM, Intro to Stone Carving at Friendly City Clay and Art Center in Harrisonburg, VA
In other news: Check out the Stone Carvers Guild Podcast (Which Bethany Co-Hosts)! Listen below!
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