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Michael Updike Carving Studio. Creating one of a kind, durable art work for home, office. or as a unique memorable gift.
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Michael Updike: A clean slate for the artist Gravestone...
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I am a juried member of the League of New Hampshire Craftsman, design for the import gift company Mariposa, take commissions for personalized gravestones, and carve extraordinary wall pieces from repurposed slate roofing tiles. This site shows many examples of my slate work.
Mar 21, 2016 · It starts as a ghost image—a dragonfly flitting across a fragment of slate. As Michael Updike leans in closer, he discards the white charcoal pencil he used to sketch the faint outline and reaches for a slender chisel and a small wooden mallet. I brace myself for the sound of nails on a blackboard.
Michael Updike. Juried Member Since 2013. Michael Updike graduated from Mass College of Art and received his MFA from Vermont College. He is a long standing North Shore artist. Trained as a sculptor, he recently began creating artistic personalized memorial stones as well as unique slate carvings.
Oct 9, 2019 · After the death of his father, writer John Updike, in 2009, Michael experienced a tectonic shift in his artistic awareness. He set out to commemorate his father’s life in a meaningful and also aesthetically unique way.
966 Followers, 1,021 Following, 189 Posts - Michael Updike (@michael.updike) on Instagram: "Artist Designer for Mariposa Slate Art Recycled slate shingles Memorial Maker"
Michael Updike is a North Shore designer and sculptor. In recent years he has devoted his work to stone carving focusing on slate using recycled roof tiles as his palette. Main Subject. Oceanic and avian. Materials and Techniques. I carve into recycled slate shingles.
