CHRISTINA BERTSOS

I just adore working with translucent alabaster because I never know completely what's below the surface of these rugged, rough-looking...

On my daily walks through the streets of my hometown, Dunedin I often find feathers. I see them as gifts left for me by the birds that...

Sculpting a piece of stone takes me down many different pathways. I'm confronted with form, space, concept, structure and design. They...

Each time I step into my studio my senses are enveloped by the history of the place. The aged walls and equipment, the dust covered...

If there is one that being an artist represents to me, it is a sense of freedom. In my mind I can create and live anything I imagine. I...

My earliest memory of making art was in a small corner I carved out as my "own" space in our family living room. Solitude and privacy...

Way way back when my friend and I were visiting the Art Institute of Chicago. The east entrance led visitors right into the antiquities...

Subtractive sculpture is the oldest sculpture there is. It involves removing material to create a form or design. One of the biggest...

My mother Mary nurtured my love of art from as early as I can remember. She saved every sketch, drawing, painting or craft that I ever...

When working with a piece of stone I'm surrounded by an incredible amount of dust. The once solid, heavy, dense material become...

The famed marble of the quarries of Carrara, Italy evoke a mystique and beauty unmatched by any other stone. Similar to the diamond, its...

The new year is off and running! And I’m beginning to carve out the plans for the months to come as I usually do this time of year. This...

I am approximately 80 hours into the sanding of my Atlantic Black marble sculpture at the level of the first grit. This particular marble...

I created this piece, "Her River Flows Freely" from a boulder of Persian red travertine that has so much rugged character, typical of...

I just adore this time of year! The days begin to cool, and being outside to sculpt under Florida's gorgeous blue skies is divine. With...

Do you know that delicious feeling when you're in between just waking up but still caught up in a dream so captivating that you don't...

As I go for my walks every day either before sunrise or with the shorter days, after sunset, I find myself looking up most of the time....

I’m currently carving a gorgeous hunk of Atlantic Black Marble. Its starting weight was 361 lbs. and as you know how much I love to work...

"The Graces" is the name of my 2019 Emerging Artist piece. The medium is Michelangelo Cave Carrara Statuario Marble and the total...

This is a common question I get when asked of my process so I thought it would be fun to share with you. Since I direct carve, I have...