From Dashwood, Glen has only been working
with soapstone for three years, after receiving a class as a gift. At a workshop taught by Joe Haygarth
from London, he was instantly hooked and immediately expressed an interest and a
desire to sculpt. Glen knew that
since the 4 hour workshop went so fast it was a sign that this was for
him. His son Kent bought him his first
big piece of soapstone which was about 150 pounds, and the journey began.
He started like most people working at this
new interest maybe a day here or there, but now it has developed into almost a
daily routine. He says at first
there has to be an inspiration or a good vision. He does not see this as a
production type of work. It is
about the love and satisfaction that happens during the process and completion.
Glen spends about twenty to forty hours to
complete a piece, and the greatest satisfaction comes, he says, when people
want to touch the smooth surfaces.
The piece he has submitted to the “All Things Bright and Beautiful” project depicts three loons reaching for the blue sky. He says watching a loon float on a smooth lake is very calming, and then when the song of the loon comes out he could listen to it all day. Once and awhile they will dive under the water for a meal and come up thirty yards away when perhaps they need more air. Glen contemplates and lets his mind drift to a small lake with loons, which he says is his ‘bright and beautiful’.
The piece he has submitted to the “All Things Bright and Beautiful” project depicts three loons reaching for the blue sky. He says watching a loon float on a smooth lake is very calming, and then when the song of the loon comes out he could listen to it all day. Once and awhile they will dive under the water for a meal and come up thirty yards away when perhaps they need more air. Glen contemplates and lets his mind drift to a small lake with loons, which he says is his ‘bright and beautiful’.
