Robert Lefrancois
Saint-Bruno, Québec
Philippe Smith
John-Philippe Smith has worked as a stone carver on Parliament Hill since the restoration of the library in 2001. Along with his friend and colleague Danny Barber, their company Smith & Barber – Sculpture Atelier Inc. completed hundreds moulded and sculpted stones for the restoration of the West Block. He currently works full-time for the Federal Government as assistant sculptor to the Dominion Sculptor, Phil White.
Marie Lyne Phare
My name is Marie Lyne Phare. I teached art to children and I have a master in art teaching. I finished a DEP in Stone carving this years. I have so many things to learn about carving and it will be a marvellous opportunity to do it in this occasion.
Heng Wee Tan
Montreal, Quebec
Danny Barber
Ottawa, Ontario – Danny has been working as a stone carver for over 35 years. His first introduction was at the family memorial business in St. Catharines Ontario. He moved to England in 2002 to pursue a career in architectural stone carving and from there settled in Ottawa Ontario. Danny works for the federal Government on the Dominion Sculpture Team and runs a small, part time stone carving practice offering custom stone carving commissions as well as stone carving courses and workshops. www.barberstonecarving.com
In 2010 Danny organized the first Canadian Stone Carving Festival with help from the Winchester Downtown Revitalization Committee. With a vision of Building Craft Fellowship, Raising Public Awareness of the Craft and supporting Charity, Danny has continued to organize the event with much help and support from colleagues and friends. The CSCF has raised over $100,000.00 for charity thus far.
In 2023 the Canadian Stone Carving Festival partnered with Les Ateliers de la Pierre du Québec and hosted the event in Old Montreal, Qc. The festival was such a success, we did it again in 2024. Another great success and another great time!
In 2025, the Canadian Stone Carving Festival will be brought to you by Les Ateliers de la Pierre du Québec, with proceeds from the auction being directed to their Art Therapy Program.
Albert Sebe
At a young age, I was inspired by Inuit sculptures. Living in Montreal, surrounded by new architecture, I was fascinated by the outdoor sculptures at Man and his World and Mount Royal.
At the age of 10 my father gifted me tools, and I began sculpting soapstone, a material brought back from the northern territories by family. When I was 16 years old, I visited Frobisher Bay and watched an elder sculpt soapstone. This experience taught me that you live with the stones, and the spirit decides what you create.
I would sculpt occasionally, but my most focused period was from 2000 to 2007 in Atlanta, Georgia, and Montreal. However, my career took another turn, and I ended up working in the movie industry.
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Richard Désautels
Verdun, Quebec – Artisan tailleur de pierre spécialisé en patrimoineDEP en taille de pierre, 2021AEC en Métiers d’Art du patrimoine bâti, 2022
Simon Vincent
Been stone carving since a year now. Really feel « sur mon X » I just love it.
Eugene Jankowski
Alexandre Maquet
André Gamache
Mackenzie Commando
Ottawa, Ontario – Hi, my name is Mackenzie Commando! I am a Algonquin Anishinaabekwe from Pikwakanagan Ontario, I am currently an apprentice in stonecarving. I work in the Decorative Arts Team with PSPC learning the art of stonecarving and stonecutting.
Nicholas Thompson
Ottawa, Ontario – Nicholas Thompson trained as a stonecarver at City & Guilds Art School in London, England. After working in the restoration industry, he is currently an assistant to the Dominion Sculptor in Ottawa.
Maxime Picard
Marston, Quebec – J’ai débuté l’apprentissage de mon métier de Tailleur de pierre en 2001 à Saint-Hyacinthe. C’est ensuite en 2004 que j’ai obtenu le diplôme du D.E.P. Taille de pierre. J’ai ensuite poursuivi mon travail dans le métier jusqu’en 2010, moment où j’ai eu l’opportunité de devenir enseignant du D.E.P. Taille de pierre au CFP Le Granit à Lac-Mégantic. J’ai obtenu le baccalauréat en enseignement professionnel à l’Université de Sherbrooke en 2021. En 2023, j’ai débuté un nouveau défi que je poursuis toujours, comme superviseur dans l’entreprise A. Lacroix Granit, à St-Sébastien dans la MRC du Granit. Nous réalisons différents projets d’envergure dans le marché nord-américain. Principalement des projets architecturaux mais aussi des monuments historiques, des aménagements urbains et des projets de restauration d’édifices. Aujourd’hui, je viens sculpter avec plusieurs personnes super, mais aussi je souhaite dédier mon oeuvre à mon ancien enseignant, ancien collègue de travail et ami qui nous a quittés en 2023, Jean-François Lacroix.
Thomas Probst
France – Tailleur de pierre sculpteur en France, alsace, près de Strasbourg depuis maintenant presque 20 ans, à mon compte depuis 2011, j’ai déjà participé à plusieurs reprises aux festival de taille de pierre et sculpteur en Europe avec obtention de plusieurs médailles, or, argent ou bronze à différentes années.
Serge Pelletier
Montreal, Quebec
George Moldovan
Ottawa, Ontario – George Moldovan is an accomplished artist and sculptor with a keen proficiency in traditional and contemporary figurative work. “I enjoy working in classic sculptural mediums such as bronze, stone terracotta and wood, and have exhibited my work around the world.”
Julie Dubeau
Michael Sheard
Eugene Jankowski
Louis Molgat
Wakefield, Quebec
Justin Stahlman
North Hatley, Quebec – Stonemason & draftsman for architectural stone in Montreal.
Tim Nash Johnston
I received a BFA from Mount Allison University and have exhibited photography regularly of the years. 10 years ago I began teaching sculpture to students. Since then I have developed a body of work in soapstone and alabaster.
Craig Potter
Halifax, Nova Scotia – Craig Potter became a self-taught, researched and practiced stone carver for masonry restoration in Halifax, Nova Scotia where Craig began cutting, carving and repairing building elements using materials such as sandstone and granite. Repairing historical carvings piqued Craig’s interest and he started carving outside of work.
His first Canadian Stove Carving Festival was in 2015 and has only missed one since.
While technically capable, Craig wants to practice and work towards learning to emote and communicate ideas better… more “artistically”.
Enjoying the patience and understanding of his spouse and neighbours, Craig maintains an unreasonably disproportionate sized stone yard at home and took over the shed to pursue stone carving. Noise and dust be darned!
Don Lewis
Ottawa, Ontario – Don was introduced to stone carving by Toronto sculptor John Fillion while studying drawing at the University of Guelph in 1980. He completed a number of works and although he fell in love with the bite of the chisel and the power and permanence of the stone he ultimately put that feeling aside to pursue a 30 year career as a biologist. That feeling was never lost and there was always a small whisper in the back of his mind calling him back. He has recently returned to this love and is now devoting much of his time trying to capture the power of nature and the human spirit through stone carving and sculpting.
Isabelle Durand
As a Montreal artist, art is for me the opportunity to express my emotions as a hypersensitive introvert!
A utopian, I explore different mediums: painting, collage, stone sculpture and writing.
The work represents a secret moment which, through its materialization, allows the artist to take a step back from himself.
By creating, I feel unique, alive and I reap the honor of producing a spark in others who are touched by my colors and my movements.
For me, stone sculpture is the ultimate in letting go of fragments that emerge in the spontaneity of the gesture, like the emotions of life that we must release with kindness and gratitude.
Creation is a need for living, a continuum for appreciating life, a calming way to reconnect with oneself and ultimately it generates the audacity to leave one’s mark on time.
Andrew Welch
Toronto, Ontario – Andrew Welch has been a banker mason in the restoration industry for ten years, working on buildings in Southern Ontario and the United States. For the past eight of those years Andrew has been participating in the Canadian Stone Carving Festival, enjoying the fellowship and hoping to help others enjoy the craft of stone carving.
Ellie Bloxham
Ottawa, Ontario – Ellie has been carving since 2011. She fell in love with stone carving while living in Cambridge, UK, learning to sculpt with Esther Melamed and learning the art of letter carving through the Lettering Arts Trust. Love of words, calligraphy and stone has been a thread throughout her life. Now she is lucky to combine the three.
Siteweb : https://bloxhamstudio.ca/
Alain Baxter
Alain Baxter started his stone carving journey in 2016, learning from Danny Barber in Ottawa. He likes to capture the quintessential nature of animals, whether it be the peacefulness of a sunning turtle or the playfulness of a swimming otter. He’s been taking part in the Canadian Stone Carving Festival since 2017, enjoying the community of carvers that exists around it.
Justine Southam
Justine Southam is a blacksmith living in North Hatley Quebec. She has been carving stone since 2016 when she began an apprenticeship at Smith & Barber – Sculpture Atelier Inc. during her third year of the heritage conservation program at Willowbank. This is her third participation in the Canadian Stone Carving Festival.
Jordan Clements
Tweed, Ontario – Jordan Clements carves stone in Ontario. His studio is in Port Perry. This is his fifth Canadian Stone Carving Festival. @clementscutstone
Debbie Soriano
Mont St-Hilaire, Quebec – An engineer by trade, Debbie started taking stone carving classes in 2021 with Michèle
Lavoie to explore her creative side. Since then, stone carving has been a growing passion, and she participated in the Canadian Stone Carving Festival for the first time in
2024. Debbie also founded Carving for Kids in spring of 2025, a platform for selling stone sculptures while raising money for children’s hospitals.
Lavoie to explore her creative side. Since then, stone carving has been a growing passion, and she participated in the Canadian Stone Carving Festival for the first time in
2024. Debbie also founded Carving for Kids in spring of 2025, a platform for selling stone sculptures while raising money for children’s hospitals.
Tiffany Folmeg
Tottenham, Ontario – Tiffany Folmeg is a sculptor, printmaker and photographer residing in New Tecumseth, Ontario. Her practice has primarily consisted of traditional hand-tool techniques within stone carving and woodblock printing for majority of her artist career. The primary focus has been representing mental health through anatomical structures to evoke a connection with the audience and resonate the importance of self-care. She welcomes an open dialog around her works to support the community through providing education and resources for the betterment of humanity. Tiffany is also fortunate to teach secondary school in York Region, Ontario fulfilling her role as a Head of Arts, and being inspired by the creative youth of today!
Omar Ennouni
Austin Emery
Toronto, Ontario – Canadian born, lived, trained and worked as an architectural stone carver/mason/sculptor in the UK for 30 years.
My work now is mostly focussed on creating public stone sculptures through the process of open and free community stone carving workshops.
My work now is mostly focussed on creating public stone sculptures through the process of open and free community stone carving workshops.
Mike Sheard
Xavier Bonpunt
Ginette Porlier
Née en 1961 à Cowansville
Bac en art visuel
Cheffe d’atelier création textile au CAP depuis le 18ème siècle…
A participé au Symposium édition 2024 comme invitée spéciale
Roxanne Maquet
Montreal, Quebec
Simon Vincent
George Philips
Ottawa, Ontario – I’m a stonemason from the uk. I work in Ottawa, mostly on the parliament buildings.
