tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353489745782837825.post2288871988519981090..comments2024-02-25T00:38:34.874+08:00Comments on Patrick Cowsill: Rock the DreamPatrick Cowsillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12904899672214340947noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353489745782837825.post-32464055223389986182008-10-20T23:20:00.000+08:002008-10-20T23:20:00.000+08:00Dear Sybylle,Thanks for the correction, especially...Dear Sybylle,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the correction, especially about the import destination. Actually, I was curious about this point.<BR/><BR/>BTW, is there a difference between slab and block in sculpturing lingo? <BR/><BR/>You guys, or your predecessors, created some interesting works.Patrick Cowsillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12904899672214340947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353489745782837825.post-76000517241456452452008-07-30T22:14:00.000+08:002008-07-30T22:14:00.000+08:00dear Patrick, I'm glad you were there and were ent...dear Patrick, I'm glad you were there and were enthusiatic about the works, but I propose a couple of corrections to your description... the participants in 2007 were from Taiwan, China, Japan, Italy, France, Germany, Belgium and Austria. The stones we worked on were not slabs, but blocks of marble of up to 10 tonnes. Most of it came from the Hualien area, which exports up to 900 m tonnes each year, except for 2 pieces which were imported marble from Vietnam.The finished works made in 2007 are now placed partly in Hualien City parks, and partly at tourist locations down the east coast as far as Taitung county. The site furthest south - at the "stone umbrella" - is inhabited by my own sculpture and that of hitoshi Tanaka from japan. Yours sincerely, Sibylle von halem (participant sculptor 2007)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353489745782837825.post-78991708468180776702008-04-04T14:21:00.000+08:002008-04-04T14:21:00.000+08:00I was told though that much of the marble they're ...I was told though that much of the marble they're using is imported. I think Hualien has only one kind of marble.Patrick Cowsillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12904899672214340947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353489745782837825.post-79712353826193192362008-03-21T18:18:00.000+08:002008-03-21T18:18:00.000+08:00One of the major sources of industry in Hualien is...One of the major sources of industry in Hualien is marble. It's exported to countries everywhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353489745782837825.post-47799604462146863532007-10-31T09:00:00.000+08:002007-10-31T09:00:00.000+08:00Some of the stone is brought from other places in ...Some of the stone is brought from other places in Taiwan or is even imported. By "Marble", you must be talking about a specific kind of marble because there's marble all over the place.Patrick Cowsillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12904899672214340947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353489745782837825.post-31109384900685158262007-10-30T13:10:00.000+08:002007-10-30T13:10:00.000+08:00I've read your new article about "Rock the Dream",...I've read your new article about "Rock the Dream", and I got to say the work I saw in the pic would be the best in the festival. The material stone they used to sulpture must be "Marble", because Hualien is only the place in Taiwan where produces it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com