[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=”5″ el_class=”sub”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”6045″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Alabaster Carving workshop taught by alabaster specialist carver Carol Crawford over the weekend of 11/12th July was a whirlwind of dust and creativity. After choosing a piece of alabaster, the nine participants then started chiselling away at the stone. There was a variety of alabaster stones available to the students, from more translucent stones to the veiny bardiglio opaque alabaster nodules. After chiselling off the most unwanted parts of their stone, the students then all learnt to file and contour their stones…