Julia Maria Künnap Stone Carving Workshop 2026

During the workshop, the students will make a basic set of tools, learn how to use them and where to find more. We will learn how to cut and split stones; how to quickly remove large amounts of material; how to shape stones into soft and roundish or more complicated angular forms, and how to smooth surfaces step by step until either a polished or matte finish is achieved. During the workshop, we will make tools, work with different natural stones, discuss the progress along with the failures, both in the group and individually.
/Julia Maria Künnap.


Dates:
25th and 26h of April 2027.
OR
27th and 28th of April 2027.
9h - 13h and 14h - 18h (8 hours/day).

Number of Participants:
12 maximum per workshop.
Level: all levels.

Price:
350 euros + 80 euros for basic tools (mandatory as they will be used during the workshop and you will then be able to continue working at home).
+ 10 euros / homemade lunch (optional).

Language:
English.

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About Julia Maria Künnap:
Julia Maria Künnap is a jewellery artist from Estonia. Künnap is known for her mysteriously and meticulously carved lapidary work. She works with natural gemstones and has developed a technique to combine the facet cut with free form engraving. Her work has received acknowledgement by Herbert Hofman Prize in Munich (2018), Red Dot Design Award in Essen (2010), Ruth Reisert Hafner Scholarship in Pforzheim (2005) among several scholarships in Estonia. Her work can be found in the collections of MAD Museum of Art and Design, New York; Museum of Fine Art in Boston and in the Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, as well as in several private collections in Europe, Asia and in the USA.

Julia Maria Künnap graduated in 2004 from the Estonian Academy of Arts, Jewellery Art Department under Professor Kadri Mälk. She has also studied at Alchimia School of Contemporary Jewellery, Florence and Konstfack University of Arts and Crafts in Stockholm. Her work has been exhibited at international exhibitions since 1998. She has had solo exhibitions in Estonia, Sweden, Italy, USA and Taiwan.