Wood and Stone

["Linda" <LMHTWB@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Folks,

I would like your thoughts, ideas, and advice on the following idea.  Since
I carve wood and stone as seperate sculptures, I was thinking about
combining both media in one sculpture.  I have seen very few sculptures that
include both wood and stone (with the exceptions of bases and the
occassional bit of stone inlay).  Milt Liebson does have one in his book,
but it looks like a modern totem pole to me -- stone, wood, stone, wood,
stone.  (Not really to my tastes -- I'd like the wood and stone to be more
integrated.)

Anyway, here's a couple of questions that I have about this idea:

-- Are there any sculptors that do use both wood and stone in a single
sculpture?  With both media being significant parts?  (I have no illusion
that this is an original idea by moi, but I would like to have an idea of
how others have done this.)

-- Since wood and stone expand and contract at different rates, will gluing
them to each other create problems?  Any suggestions on what glue to use?
(I plan to pin the wood to the stone with brass rods, but I can see on
occassion I may need to glue the two together for some reason.)

-- Are there any "philosophical" considerations regarding the combination of
wood and stone?  Is this something that has been tried and abandoned because
it just doesn't work?  Or is this viewed as idea viewed as some type of
gimmick?  (I carve -- I'm not good at thinking about it!  I'm still stuck on
trying to figure out what someone meant when he said my stone sculptures
weren't appropriate for the medium.)

Linda