Penelope Crittenden – Sculptures
Known for her elegant and minimal forms, Penelope has been carving stone for ten years.
Pocket Venus
Carrera Marble
Polished black granite base 4” square
5”H x 2 2/1”W x 1 3/4”D
$650
Pocket Owl
Carrera marble
5 1/2 “ h x 3 1/4’” w x 1” d
$550
Fair Winds
14 h x 5.5 w x 5 d
Spirit Valley Soapstone
$700
Owl In The Garden
Gold Creek Basalt
14’ high (Bottom two inches can be buried for stability)
$325
“Feathered Torso”
British Columbia Chlorite
19″ x 8″ x 4″
SOLD
“FEATHERED TORSO”
One of the ways a large block of stone is split into smaller blocks, is a technique called “feathers and wedges.”
A row of holes is drilled into the larger stone at regular intervals and two flat pieces of metal are placed into each hole. These are the “feathers.”
Then steel wedges are placed in between each set of feathers, and pounded, in sequence, into the stone…a little at a time, one after the other, until the pressure of the wedges splits the stone.
In this piece, I felt that these round ‘feather’ marks added a unique feature to the design, so I incorporated them into the sculpture, while leaving much of the natural stone, to show the transition from raw stone into a finished form.
“Essential Venus”
Carrera Marble
24″ x 8″ x 8′
with polished black granite base
SOLD
WIND DANCER
green Soapstone
rotates on polished black granite
16” x 9” x 8”
$875
WIND DANCER
green Soapstone
rotates on polished black granite
16” x 9” x 8”
$875
Reflections
Italian Cloud Alabaster
11″ x 11″ x 11”
$1,800
Reflections
Italian Cloud Alabaster
11″ x 11″ x 11”
$1,800
