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
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.
Saturday, July 25, 9-11:30AM Intro to Stone Carving at the College of St. Joseph the Worker in Steubenville, OH. 25% discount code available for families signing up together. Contact Bethany for code.
Friday, July 31st 9AM-5PM Carve a Birdbath or Bookends at the Waterford School of Craft, Waterford, VA, Cost $250
Saturday August 8 & Saturday August 15, 9-11:30AM Letter Carving at Friendly City Clay and Art Center, Harrisonburg, VA; Cost $175 for two classes plus $25 materials fee.
Saturday, August 15, 3-5:30PM Intro to Stone Carving at Friendly City Clay and Art Center in Harrisonburg, VA; Cost $75 plus $25 materials fee.
If you are learning to carve stone on your own or want a reminder of basics you learned in one of my classes, check out my YouTube channel @bethanyleestonecarver
In other news: Check out the Stone Carvers Guild Podcast (Which Bethany Co-Hosts)! Listen below!
Check her blog and STAY UP TO DATE ON WHAT BETHANY IS UP TO BY signing up for her email list. She sends out a newsletter every month or two with information on new work, shows, workshops, and events.
Please contact Bethany (or email her at bethanyar@c.belfineart.com) to get put on the “classes” email list to receive notifications for classes and traveling workshops.
