From:
Janet Marano <janet@zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz>
Date:
Wed, 30 Mar 2005 21:57:52 -0500
Subject:
Constantine Seferlis
Constantine Seferlis studied Fine Arts in Greece and carved small monuments
in his native country. In the late 1950s, he moved to the DC area where he
carved sculptures at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and
helped restore arches in the East Room of the U.S. Capitol. For the next
18 years, he worked at the National Cathedral carving gargoyles, portraits
and keystones. Some of his work can be seen in The Stone Carvers by
Marjorie Hunt. After leaving the cathedral in 1978, he restored monuments
and buildings for the National Park Service and the Smithsonian
Institution. He recently replicated a fountain for the Hillwood Museum
because the century old original had crumbled beyond repair. Many of us in
the DC area were fortunate to have been his students when he passed the
torch to us in the years he taught in Northern Virginia Community College's
stone carving program in Manassas.
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