Walter S. Arnold, Sculptor/Stone Carver

Chicago, U.S.A.

The Three Graces

The Three Graces, Marble  
Reproduction carved in Marble by my friends 
at the Cervietti Studio in Italy in the 1980's.
Here are selected links to interesting and unusual sites. Before moving on, consider owning your own gargoyle or hand carved stone fireplace. You are also invited to send free virtual gargoyle postcards to your friends and loved ones.
  

This page last updated
Jan. 21, 2007

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Other sites I've created

  • I work closely with the master marble carvers in Italy, and I can import their wonderful fireplaces for you. See Marblestudio.com for photos and information.
  • Midwest Pipe Supports fabricates pipe supports and platforms for industrial applications.
  • A friend of mine offers intensive marble carving workshops in Italy. A great way to get started carving, and its not very expensive.
  • Exotic Marble and Tile of Skokie, IL. fabricates marble and stone for kitchens, bathrooms, custom flooring and other fine work.
  • The NT Fax FAQ is the comprehensive source for information on fax software for Windows NT.
  • Tuscanydentist.com Pietrasanta, Italy is THE place for marble and carving, but if you need a great dentist while you're there, visit Paolo and Antonella.
  • Looking for Free Scalable Bitmapped Fonts? Look no further- I've posted a page of rare Old English fonts, for your enjoyment- you may be surprised...

Gargoyles

  • Gargoyles at Washington University
  • Shamey Metalcraft, Specializing In Fine Gold Custom Jewelry. I wear one of his gargoyles on my hat!
  • Goblin Design will connect you to strange creatures all over the web.
  • The Gargoyle Underground is no longer being updated, and might fade off the web soon.
  • New York City gargoyles. Pictures of loads of my good friends, with directions to help you find them.

Stone

  • I maintain a very useful collection of Marble varieties with images of the 200 various stones.
  • The Stone Carvers Guild is a group of independent working professional carvers throughout the United States.
  • Stone World Magazine, a trade journal of the U.S. stone industry.
  • Natural Stone. Tips, links, resources. They offer an excellent CD-Rom database of marble images and specs.
  • FindStone is a natural stone portal site full of stone related links. The stone album has 1700 images.
  • Gotmarble.com, a directory of natural stone products, vendors and sources.
  • InfoTile, the Internet Tile Center, links to loads of ceramic and marble tile suppliers.
  • Sculptor.org has links to sources of stone, tools, books and other information for sculptors
  • Learning Stone from Portland, England, has info on carving workshops, extensive stone and sculpture links, and an e-mail discussion list.
  • The Marble Institute of America has lots of info on marble, including stone maintenance and cleaning information.
  • The Indiana Limestone Institute provides history, information and links for the stone I use most often.
  • Rumford fireplaces, loads of information on building Rumford masonry fireplaces.
  • The Compleat Sculptor in NYC is a good source for basic carving tools. They also stock marble, and a full range of sculpture supplies.

Art and Architecture sites...

  • Letterheads is the site for sign painters, pinstripers, gilders, and their ilk...
  • Romolo Del Deo is a sculptor who worked with some of the same craftsmen in Italy that I trained with. Beautiful bronze sculpture.
  • Danner Studios, Realistic wildlife sculpture by former wildlife biologist Dennis Danner.
  • Build.com The Building and Home Improvement Products Network has a huge searchable index of construction related sites.
  • Enrique Vega's metal sculpture and architectural metalwork resource site.
  • Once you have one of my Fireplaces installed in your house, you'll need andirons and a screen from Rick Andrus Design to complete the room!
  • The Washington National Cathedral. I worked there for five years, carving gargoyles and ornaments.
  • Stephen Dubov, sculptor, is doing life without parole under California's "three strikes" law. A good insight into the real world human effects of sound byte politics.
  • Midwest Tool Collectors Association. Collectors and researchers of antique tools and trades.
  • Sam Alfano's engraving. Sam does wonderful engraving, mostly on knifes and guns, and spices up his site with his banjo music.

Chicaga, Chicaga,...

Gothic- No, I don't wear black clothes, and if you ever visit my dusty studio you shouldn't either!

  • This site was the feature of the month of Gothic Chicago.
  • Alsirat City of the Silent- a site devoted to graveyards, those wonderful outdoor museums of carved stone memories.
  • Medieval Culture - links to sites celebrating the culture of the middle ages.

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