Best Stone Carving Edmonton Near Me

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Creating a feeling within and drawing you into the story of the piece is the intention of Kay's paintings and sculpture


Kay shows her art in several Sherwood Park and Edmonton area shows and frequently has her work in the ASSC Loft Gallery in Sherwood Park

Born in Edmonton, Kay has been living in Strathcona County for 30 years. Kay joined the Art Society of Strathcona County in 2007 to immerse herself in the local art scene. Starting with local community classes in pottery, then watercolor painting and acrylics, her present passion is soapstone carving and clay sculpture. Her prior career took her into Veterinary medicine as an Animal Health Technologist and clinic manager. She is a Board Member of the Art Society of Strathcona County and has been active for many years as a volunteer and Board member of Wild North, our local wildlife rehabilitation society. Her pets, dogs, horses and wildlife have played a large part in her personal and professional life.

She has found a love of form and movement in the art of carving. Soapstone is a continual journey of surprise and joy as the stone’s color and life surfaces. Working with clay offers Kay more freedom in texture, refinement and finishes. Wildlife, animals and the outdoors dominate her work in both paint and sculpture. Kay has been showing her work local art markets, and art club member shows. She is currently showing her work in a Hako-Oja Gallery in Beaumont and the Loft Gallery in Sherwood Park. She especially likes teaching beginner soapstone carving locally.

When working with soapstone I feel such a sense of peace and quiet. I am either working outside, letting the wind take the dust away or in my little shop. The animal shapes are familiar to me and I love being able to create a bit of wildlife that others can touch and take home. Using the hand tools, stroke by stroke the shapes and contours evolve and the story emerges. Then there’s the exciting part when you start to sand the layers and see the colors and fault lines appear. The oil brings it to life and creating that form and sense of movement involving the viewer is what art should be.

Working with clay is exciting for me with the different surface, colours and finishes that can be chosen. Many more restrictions and realities needed to be learned, challenging and encouraging me to expand my craft. The earthiness of both stone and clay is music in my hands.

My Process-Soapstone carving for Kay involves a rotary tool to initially carve the shape of her work. Then using a smaller Dremel tool and finally hand files. Kay spends as much time sanding her work as carving to give the smooth surface and finally she oils it to bring the colours out. Clay needs to be formed by hand, adding and moving it to create the shapes and movement of the piece. Fired in a kiln to vitrify it, then it is either hand painted (cold finish) or glazed and fired again.

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4worldlovers: Kimmer & Co. (formerly Kelegant Studios), Proudly Supplying Pet Memorials to Grieving Families for Over 10 Years

Keep the memory of your precious friend alive with our beautiful personalized pet memorials, lovingly made right here in our studio in Edmonton, Canada. Our commemorative keepsakes include pet memorial stones, lanterns, picture frames, and Christmas ornaments to forge a continuing remembrance of your loving pets. Bring comfort with a unique gift for pet loss for a friend or family member to create a memory they will cherish. Customize one of our pet memorial stones with the name of your dog or cat and heartfelt sentiment for a lasting tribute in your garden, or personalize an elegant pet memorial lantern that you will be proud to display in your home. Show them you care with personalized pet memorial gifts that will become treasured keepsakes for years to come.

The memorial stone Kelly made for us is beautiful, it is exactly what we wanted to remember our beautiful friend after 16 years of companionship. Communication and shipping were top notch, thank you Kelly for your kindness during this difficult time.

My memorial stone arrived promptly and appeared exactly as described by the vendor. Quality workmanship appreciated. Thank you.

The stone memorial is fabulous. Its an actual etched stone that can be left out all year as a memorial to our beloved cat. Kelly answered all questions I had and showed what it would look like before we went ahead.

We just received our loving pet memorial rock from Kimmer and Company and it has far exceeded our expectations! The engraved words are of high quality, the rock itself is beautiful and so natural and it is exactly what we envisioned. This memorial rock will serve as a wonderful memory of our beloved pet.

Very happy with the memorial stone. It’s a lovely way to remember your beloved pet. Kelly was wonderful to work with, and very accommodating in trying to make the memorial stone just right, which I really appreciated. Item arrived very quickly as well. Thank you.

Amazing quality! Absolutely love these memorial stones! This was my second purchase. Will most likely be back for more.

Thank you so much, the product is lovely and very well done. It arrived on the very day our best pal said his final goodbye. It marks his place in our lives beautifully.