{"id":19091,"date":"2024-10-10T01:55:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T05:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tourdesarts.com\/17-ross-parkinson\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T17:05:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T21:05:30","slug":"ross-parkinson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourdesarts.com\/en\/ross-parkinson\/","title":{"rendered":"24- Ross Parkinson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
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Born in 1958, Ross became a full time sculptor at the age of 17. His love of nature and wildlife led him to create many wonderful sculptures in stone including a large bear that Pierre Trudeau gave to Princess Diana and Prince Charles on their wedding.<\/p>\n
The Stone of choice for Ross is a Canadian Steatite or Soapstone. It is quarried in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, approximately 200 miles east of his studio. Each piece is a unique and hand-carved creation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t Ross Parkinson Back to the map Soapstone Sculpture Born in 1958, Ross became a full time sculptor at the age of 17. His love of nature and wildlife led him to create many wonderful sculptures in stone including a large bear that Pierre Trudeau gave to Princess Diana and Prince Charles on their wedding. The…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25201,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"location-tag":[159],"class_list":["post-19091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","location-tag-artists"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
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