{"product_id":"birds-l-carved-on-slate-sm-rectangle-updike","title":"Birds l Carved on Slate | Sm Rectangle | Updike","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eItem Detail:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnique, one-of-a-kind creation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSigned by artist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eApprox 3”H 7”w\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout the Artist |\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMichael Updike graduated from Mass College of Art and received his MFA from Vermont College. He is a long-standing North Shore artist of unique, nuanced works that mirror the legacy stone carving traditions of New England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTrained as a sculptor, he recently began creating artistic personalized memorial stones as well as unique slate carvings. His work challenges the pictorial paradigms of additive imaging. “I honed my carving skills on old slate roof shingles which then became my primary medium. I use slate with outward signs of wear. Paint, tar, nail holes, fractures, chips and flaking tell of the slates former utilitarian life. The scars of its history rest on its surface while I cut through the patina revealing freshe\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Updike","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43759049310296,"sku":"RA660327","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0549\/0334\/1144\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_32232cde-12c6-4616-a445-d2e83f7dd318.jpg?v=1770907176","url":"https:\/\/nesketchbook.com\/products\/birds-l-carved-on-slate-sm-rectangle-updike","provider":"New England Sketch Book","version":"1.0","type":"link"}