Dave Haslett

Dave was born and raised in the Pacific NW where the natural beauty has a
major influence on his style and form. Attending Portland State University Dave
studied with James Lee Hanson who introduced him to the bronze foundry.
Working with clay, making molds and then pouring bronze led to a new
understanding of achieving form. While researching the master sculptors Don
Wilson became an instructor at PSU and introduced Dave to stone carving. Dave
has been carving mantel to monumental sculpture ever since. Some stones
measure fourteen feet high and weigh 5,500 pounds.

Researching the Egyptian and Inca cultures and tapping into their rich
source of information has fueled my imagination to carve the hard
stones. I have traveled to Carnac France, Stonehenge England, Machu
Picchu Peru, East Africa and visited the monasteries in Lhasa Tibet to
explore and research many of the standing stones left by my
predecessors.