Canadian Jewish News - April 18, 1985. Luxury Living
Every day, looking like a masked welder in her Forest Hill garage, she arms herself with a huge air hammer, plus drills, saws and rasps, and attacks a slab of alabaster, granite or marble that may weigh up to 3,500 pounds.

After a monthâs work of grinding, sanding and polishing, that massive hunk of rock is transformed into a powerful voluptuously curved, gorgeously feminine sculpture that may sell anywhere from $250 to $25,000.

The other thing unusual about the 33-year-old Jewish housewife and mother of three is that sheâs a sculptor who talks to rocks.

ãMore exactly, they talk to me,ä she was saying the other week, while showing a reporter some of her magnificent black and pink Canadian marble masterworks which are on display in the lobby of the St. Lawrence Centre and newly refurbished Elgin Theatre.

ãBefore I select a hunk of rock, I listen to it,ä she said. ãYou may not believe this, but I hear a sound inside it. It tells me if itâs crushed or damaged, too old or fractured to be sculpted.

ãThe very shape of the rock also tells me a story. It suggests how it wants to be liberated and what form it seeks.
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