The stone is here! After a six week long voyage, the Singapore Express went past Whidbey Island on May 16 where I was able to snap a photo as it headed to the Port of Seattle. Then it began its journey to the Freeland Art Studios. The container got delivered to Marenakos Rock Center (thank you Scott Hackney!) on a Tuesday. Eirene (one of my fellow sculptors from Italy) and her husband Zack packed up the truck and trailer on Wednesday and came to Whidbey Island where Tamara (sculptor # 3) joined us. On Thursday the great unpacking at the Freeland Art Studios happened. It was a beautiful day and it was exciting to be reunited with our sculpture and marble.
I hope you’ll come see sculptures I started in Italy and the raw stone at our Ninth Annual Open House at Freeland Art Studios on Saturday, June 15, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
This is the journey of the stone in photos. Enjoy!
Crossing the scale at Marenakos Rock Center 
Breaking the seal 
Starting the unloading
There wasn’t much space left on the truck and trailer 
Starting the unloading the next morning
Eirene and Tamara opening the first crate 
…and another!
Lloyd moving the crates 
Another two-forklift day
Ciao!
Sue
Sue Taves Sculpture 
You rock!
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Can’t wait to see you and your stone. We won’t be there in June but later in July. Best wishes, GistSent from my iPhone
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I look forward to seeing you both! Later in the summer I should have more of the sculptures from Italy finished. Enjoy your Spring!
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We have so enjoyed the Stone Trail stories! Can’t wait to see your creative visions displayed in stone!
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And NOW the fun begins! This is amazing!
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How exciting! I might have to come over earlier for a sneak peek at the Italian bounty! And how fun to see it as it passed by Whidbey on it’s way to Seattle.
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Wow! Christmas came early! Happy the load made it there safe and sound! Was it overwhelming once you had it all in front of you😄? How long will your portion of the haul will last you? Lisa
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Christmas and all the holidays, it’s been fun to share the excitement! I have to admit that I have accumulated some other fairly large piles of stone. I need to sculpt A LOT and live a very long time as it is. If I just focused on this shipment I would probably sculpt it all in a year or two. Of course, I won’t neglect all the other stone I already have so some of these pieces may be around longer. I hope by the end of the summer I have quite a few finished ones from the ones I started in Italy that I can show!
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You gals look pretty happy in that last photo!
See you at PF
Michael
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Thanks for following our Italy adventures Michael, looking forward to seeing you July!
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Just read all about your trip. Lots of time on my hands. Can you work during the quarantine? Not us
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We just got a lockdown order tonight for Washington State for the next 2 weeks. Up until now it’s been fine going to the studio and it’s only 4 miles from home so it’s been easy and all our working spaces are separate enough. Not sure now, I’m going to have to read the new guidelines. I saw that Studio Pescarella was shut down which is really sad but seems to be the necessary thing to save lives. All my memories from last March keep coming up with lovely images from last year. All the best to you Neal and the whole crew!
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