Penelope Crittenden – Sculptures

Known for her elegant and minimal forms, Penelope has been carving stone for ten years.

Penelope Crittenden
Pocket Venus
Carrera Marble
Polished black granite base 4” square
5”H x 2 2/1”W x 1 3/4”D
$500
Penelope Crittenden
Pocket Owl
Carrera marble
5 1/2 “ h x 3 1/4’” w x 1” d
$550
Penelope Crittenden
Fair Winds
14 h x 5.5 w x 5 d
Spirit Valley Soapstone
$700
Penelope Crittenden
Shape of Wind
Italian translucent Alabaster
16h x 12d x 7wide
SOLD
Penelope Crittenden
Owl In The Garden 
Gold Creek Basalt
14’ high (Bottom two inches can be buried for stability)
$325
Penelope Crittenden
“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.
Penelope Crittenden
“Essential Venus”
Carrera Marble
24″ x 8″ x 8′
with polished black granite base
SOLD
Penelope Crittenden
WIND DANCER
green Soapstone
rotates on polished black granite
16” x 9” x 8”
$875
Penelope Crittenden
WIND DANCER
green Soapstone
rotates on polished black granite
16” x 9” x 8”
$875
Penelope Crittenden
Reflections
Italian Cloud Alabaster
11″ x 11″ x 11”
$1,800
Penelope Crittenden
Reflections
Italian Cloud Alabaster
11″ x 11″ x 11”
$1,800