Susan Zalkind

The combination of Susan's aesthetic, her love of the rare Alabaster stone and her desire to push this material to another realm conspire to create her art. She has developed and adapted tools and techniques that have never before been used with Alabaster. Rather than the generally accepted ... moreThe combination of Susan's aesthetic, her love of the rare Alabaster stone and her desire to push this material to another realm conspire to create her art. She has developed and adapted tools and techniques that have never before been used with Alabaster. Rather than the generally accepted percussive tooling used to sculpt stone, Susan uses rotary abrasive tools of all sorts which, when applied to Alabaster, not only yield graceful lines but also allow for the thinnest and most delicate of walls to be sculpted.

Susan Zalkind grew up in Fall River, Massachusetts and received her BA from Boston University and an M.Ed. From Northeasten University. She was lured to the North San Diego County coast on the wave of 'California Dreamin' in the early 70's. In California she met her husband Paul, an artist who worked with a semi-soft stone called Alabaster. She joined him, searching for, collecting, and carving alabaster, creating lovely one-of-a-kind works of art out of the unique and beautiful stone.

"I see my work becoming deeper and richer along with my years and experience. At this point in my life as an artist, with the maturity of my developed skill and aesthetic, I want to work at the top of my form to fully express my artistic vision and to utilize all the knowledge I have acquired with my chosen medium, Alabaster."

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