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Robert Alger

Currently working abroad
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Kraus Boss Stone.
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Background:
23 years experience carving stone.
Started learning to carve stone with master stonecarver, Vincent Palumbo at age 11. Worked with Vincent on and off for twenty years at the National Cathedral, Whitehouse, and numerous personal stonecarving projects.
1987 - 1992: Studied and received diploma in sculpture at Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara Stone, Carrara, Italy.

Specialties:
Marble, limestone, sandstone, granite.

  • Primarily figurative, ornate, representational carving.
  • Lettering, architectural carving.
  • Portraits, statuary, artistic carving, sculpture.

Personal Statement:
The best statement about stonecarving is the carving itself.
Many, many thanks to Master Stone Carver, Vincent Palumbo.


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Celtic Cross, Limestone. Celtic Cross
Limestone
St. David's Episcopal Church
Washington, D.C.
4' x 5'
2001

Kraus Boss Stone. Kraus Boss Stone
Limestone
Washington National Cathedral
18" diameter
2001

Vincent Palumbo bust - side view.. Portrait Bust of Vincent Palumbo.
(side view)
Original plastiline model, currently being carved in Carrara marble.

Vincent Palumbo bust - front view. Portrait Bust of Vincent Palumbo.
(front view)
Original plastiline model, currently being carved in Carrara marble.

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