Deborah Wilson is one of the finest Jade carvers in North America. She lives in Vernon, a lovely small town in the Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada. There is an excellent ski hill at Silverstar nearby, which I have skied at with my family.

I first discovered her work on display in a gallery in Banff, in the Rocky Mountains of Canada. Deborah has carved both small and very large sculptures in Jade, using boulders found in northern British Columbia. You can see examples of her work at her website:deborahwilson.bc.ca

In 1993, Deborah began offering her Jade Carving Workshops
(as advertised in The Lapidary Journal)
Since then, participants from Australia to Nebraska have enjoyed their six days of jade immersion, and part with a good foundation with which to embark on their own ventures. Deborah’s intensive workshops are designed to cover all aspects of hardstone sculpture.

I am hoping to join one of Deborah’s workshops some day as the chance to work with large scale carving would be a real treat for me. I feature more from Deborah Wilson in the resource area of my website in the Gemstone carvers area.

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