JIM
PHILLIPS
SCULPTURE

Meet Jim Phillips and more than 30 other outdoor and garden artists displaying their work in Raleigh NC this May/June at the annual 2-day Larkspur Party.

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CONTEMPORARY STONE SCULPTURE
CARVED IN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA

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8405 Ashwood Dr., Raleigh, NC 27603

<empty>Jim Phillips Chlorite Head
6x7x19", NC Chlorite /collection MB Ligon 


METHODOLOGY
The method I use is called "Direct Stone Carving"". It involves working directly into the stone. Sometimes I may draw on the stone with chalk or crayon to rough out an idea or let ideas formulate and emerge from the stone as I work. I use both power tools and hand tools in my work. For roughing out a stone, I may use an angle grinder with a diamond blade , a drill with a carbide bit, or a pneumatic hammer. The hand tools I use are carbide chisels, rifflers and rasps, and silicon carbide rubbing stones. For finishing and polishing I use wet and dry carbide paper with grits 220-320-400 and 600. Last, I polish the stone with Butchers Floor Wax , a stone polish, or a good exterior oil finish.



STONE TYPES
Alabaster
Sandstone
Chlorite
Soapstone
Lava
Serpentine
Marble
Wonderstone

 

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ARTIST’S STATEMENT
I love the enduring quality of stone. I use mostly metamorphic rock for sculpting because of it’s vast characteristics and variety. I like sculpting North Carolina stone because it has been over-looked as a sculpting material. It forms in small veins and was quarried very little. Each stone has it’s unique characteristics that appear only during the polishing process. No two are the same! I hope to continue to follow the muse and co-create with a Power greater than myself.



SHOWS AND AWARDS

Art in the Park, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 1975

Artsplosure, Raleigh, North Carolina 1985

Wake County Artist Exhibition, North Carolina 1986
Purchase Award

Peden Gallery Raleigh, North Carolina 1990

NC Gourd Show Raleigh, North Carolina 1998
Special Talents Artistic Award

Visual Art Exchange Raleigh, North Carolina 2001, 2002
Merit Award

Larkspur Art & Garden Show
Raleigh, North Carolina 2003–current

Artists for Hope Show Raleigh, North Carolina 2010


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