SPAIN
ARAGON
ALBALATE DEL ARZOBISPO
STUDIO GOLONDRINA
CAÑADA DE BENATANDUZ
ALABASTER WORKSHOP, ZARAGOZA, SPAIN
For the Alabaster Lovers, Global Stone Workshop (GSW) has Albalate del Arzobispo, a little Spanish town with the Castel on the very top…a fantastic destination.
Albalate is placed in world largest area of multi-colour alabaster quarries…
Location
Albalate del Arzobispo (2000 inhabitants) is located in the world’s largest Alabaster deposit, lavish in quality and quantity.
It accounts for 83% of the world’s production and exports to, among other countries, Italy, India and China.
With the Municipality’s support, Global Stone Workshops participants sculpt on premises that CIDA (Centro Integral para el Desarrollo del Alabastro) has built for professional stonemasons, with large workshops, teaching rooms, offices and kitchen.
The workshop is within walking distance, about 2 km, from Albalate.
The workshops are open to all levels of technical experience.
Start dates, and the length of stay is negotiable.
Details
The Alabaster workshops start on the first Monday of June 2024 and Ends on the last Saturday of the same month.
Participants may come and go as they please but must follow the workshop
for at least ONE week.
The fee is 270€ for a six-day workshop at the hamlet of Albalate. It includes almost everything needed to carve the alabaster, Inspiration is the Participant’s problem.
Participants will get a personal insurance, a workspace, both hand tools and power, a little block alabaster, assistance if needed, suitable protective equipment.
We welcome a maximum of 10 participants at the same time.
Stefano Beccari
Albalate del Arzobispo is connected by bus to Zaragoza, a beautiful old city reachable by train and bus from Madrid or Barcelona.
CAÑADA DE BENATANDUZ, STUDIO GOLONDRINA
STONE CARVING WORKSHOP, ARAGON, SPAIN
Studio Golondrina, in the tiny Aragonese village of Cañada de Benatanduz, is open for its stone sculpture workshops between the end of June – July 2024.
Studio Golondrina is an initiative in progress. Plans include a self-contained apartment for visiting long-stay sculptors, residencies, partnerships with other stone workshops, exhibitions, land sculpture and symposia at regional quarries.
The studio is a small contribution to the economic regeneration of the Maestrazgo, a wild, isolated mountain area of geological, architectural and prehistoric significance.
Studio
The studio is the home of Jon Sait, a Welsh sculptor and specialist in tribal art.
The stone workshops operate a rolling intake and are open to all levels of experience. There are no fixed start dates, and the length of stay is negotiable. The emphasis is on working with hand tools.
The intensive workshops at Studio Golondrina are suitable for all levels of experience. Tutoring is tailored to the individual.
The workshop covers all aspects of stone working, including health and safety, tool use and care, power tools, stone properties, selecting and moving blocks, roughing out, basing and finishing techniques.
The studio can accommodate four sculptors at any time, with some flexibility. There are no fixed dates. You can arrive and leave when you wish, but the minimum stay is five carving days. Every effort will be made to meet individual requirements.
Where to stay
Two types of accommodation in Cañada de Benatanduz can be booked directly through the studio:
Shared self-catering apartment in a converted rural house. Euro 35 per person per night. Rooms can be singly occupied with no supplement.
B&B at Bar La Vega. Three double self-contained rooms. Euro 45 per double room
The stone of Aragon includes alabaster, fine cream limestone and the famous black marble of Calatarao. There is no charge for the first stone block.
Studio rates. GBP 45 per carving day or Euro equivalent, including refreshments.
Lunch costs are shared.
ATTENTION!
At Global Stone Workshop you rent an individual working space of 4 m2. Global Stone Workshop/ Arastone have no responsibility whatsoever for accidents that may occur during your working time… you sculpt at your own risk. You are also responsible for damages you might cause others. Buy a Personal Accident Insurance in your own country… if you don’t have one already.