Yule Marble Sculpture

Large yule marble sculptures.

Yule marble sculpture.

Participants of any age and experience level are welcome from first timers to pros. The crystal river runs parallel to county road 3 as it flows past the town of marble. The marble marble symposium has been sharing the art and joy of stone carving in a non competitive culturally diverse atmosphere for over 30 years. High quality marble cast to create colossal size statues or small figurines of incredible details.

It was discovered in the spring of 1873 by geologist sylvester. I am pleased to show my sculpture rock man to the world. Five days after we arrived our son arrived. First discovered in 1873 it is quarried underground at an elevation of 9 300 feet 2 800 m above sea level in contrast to most marble which is quarried from an open pit and at much lower elevations.

Colorado marble at heart of artists summer camp for 29 years expert and amateur carvers have gathered to conjure art from yule marble. Colorado yule marble oddity. The sculpture as its title suggests features a mother and her son tubing down the colorado river. Approximately four feet tall five feet wide and six feet long tubing on the colorado was sculpted out of yule marble from colorado stone quarries.

Just 25 miles separate the kmj from the yule marble quarry but the journey by road is twice that as it meanders down the roaring fork river valley then up the aptly named crystal river valley all the way to the rugged and remote mountain town of marble colorado. Looking to buy a marble sculpture online. Our marble sculpture reproductions are worldwide distinguished and esteemed by art collectors and film producers. Yule marble is a marble of metamorphosed limestone found only in the yule creek valley in the west elk mountains of colorado 2 8 miles 4 5 km southeast of the town of marble colorado.

The largest selection of marble sculpture for sale. We moved to hawaii in september 2002. The pitkin county healthy rivers board has expressed interest in a water quality monitoring program to see if the diversion of yule creek a tributary of the crystal is having downstream impacts. The photos show the front top under chin and the natural fused breccia contact with the marble.

8 2002 the fruit trees vanilla vines cacao chocolate trees and figs that james has been busy planting and tending are begining to. Gossamer wind yellow marble 27x18x10. To the right are letters one from the miner who found the stone and one from a gem expert.