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[Don Dougan <dondougan@zzzzzzzz>]

Marietta (just north of Atlanta), Georgia USA
Carved my first piece of stone (north Georgia soapstone) in 1969.
Atlanta College of Art BFA in sculpture 1975 (self-taught as far as stone
carving went - none of the sculpture faculty knew how!), followed by
part-time jobs to support my sculpting habit, and later by part-time
graduate work at Georgia State University (initally begun just to gain
access to bronze/iron foundry), with an MFA sculpture 1990.
Began teaching stone carving early 1980's because I had people knocking
on my door.  In 1986 another knock on the door resulted in teaching
weekly night sculpture classes at ACA (which I continue to do), and in
1991 went as Artist-in-Residence with University of Georgia Studies
Abroad Program
    http://www.art.uga.edu/cortona/html/in
in Cortona Italy (carving stone on the side of mountain in Tuscany for
three months).  Have gone back with the program both as
Artist-in-Residence and Professor of Sculpture (studio is primarily
set-up for alabaster/marble carving and a bronze foundry) a half dozen
times since, most recently Fall Semester 2003.
In 1994 another knock resulted in teaching university-level sculpture,
3D-Design, and related material in several schools in Atlanta, and most
recently resulted in a working trip earlier this year (Summer 2004) where
I taught Finnish art students how to carve their native soapstone in
Imatra, a border-town in eastern Finland.

Though I'd like to make sculpture full time, I don't  seem to have the
marketing skills and/or drive to make that work financially, so I support
the sculpture habit with numerous part-time activities:  teaching,
sculpture restoration and repair (primarily stone, but also bronze, wood,
ceramic, etc.), picture framing (restoration/repair too), curatorial and
exhibit design work at a museum
    http://www.reinhardt.edu/funk.htm
of (my specialty is antique hand tools, but I also work with native
american art and artifacts) on the campus of a college in north Georgia.

I enjoy being part of the list because it allows me to share in the
wealth of insights from fellow carvers all over the world, and for my
part, I'll share what knowledge I have about any topic within the realm.

I also partake and contribute to the material posted on the following
website:
    http://www.sculpture.net/community/

Some of my work and some of my student's work is shown on my self-built
website
    www.dondougan.com
The website includes a bibliography of books about stone and sculpture,
and a few technical pages of how I work on sculpture.
The site is like my sculptural work - new work is constantly being done
when I have the time and I always am interested in learning new
techniques and tools - so the technical section will soon have a series
of downloadable PDF files about stonecarving techniques (similar to
printed handouts I give my carving students during classes).

Good Carving to All,
Don Dougan

http://www.dondougan.homestead.com/indexdd.html