gargoyles and gothic stone carving

["Bill Smith" <bsmith@xxxxxx>]

Hello Ashli -

I'm happy to see a young person so interested in stone carving!

I can recommend Introduction to Stone Carving at any of the fine
studios. It depends on your budget and ability to travel.  At your age
and since you live in Michigan you may want to ask your parents if they
would like to take a family vacation together near one of carving
studios...  While you are carving, the rest of the family may want to
explore sites in the area... Inexpensive accommodations can usually be
found nearby, including family camping.

Try a search on the web, for example go to www.altavista.com and type
in: "stone carving" + workshops (be prepared to read, as I received over
900,000 pages
to look through...)

For starters I would check out:

classes at the Carving Studio in Vermont
  [URL now obsolete]
(great setting within a historic marble quarry)

Also check out classes Art City Studios in California,
http://www.artcitystudios.com/

The Marble Institute of Colorado, Denver, CO
http://www.marbleinst.org/

Also definitely read all you can. For starters, there is
some good info on the web. You may want to see my page
at: [URL now obsolete]
and see my brief tutorial.

Also see
[URL now obsolete]
for more good introductory tutorial information.

Also, I just looked at your web page (neat photos), and
by the way, your web page address is actually:
[URL now obsolete]

Take Care and --
may the "FORM" be with you --

Sincerely,
Bill Smith