Wolfgang Sandt Skulpturen Blog - Wolfgang Sandt

2025-07-27 13:28 by Annette Greifenhagen

All iron or what?

When stonemasons and sculptors in German-speaking countries talk about chisels, they don´t say chisel but almost always use the term "irons".

Interestingly, none of these tools are made of iron, but rather...

Pietra Leccese, the ideal stone for your first steps as a sculptor

I am always looking for natural stones that make the work easier for the participants of my sculpture courses.

Pietra Leccese from Apulia is such a stone.

2025-01-06 23:16 by Wolfgang Sandt

While revising my website, I noticed that some sculptures don't seem to fit in with the others.

For example, how does my memorial for the Ottobrunn concentration camp subcamp fit in with my fragile stelae? How does my four-ton Srebrenica sculpture fit in with my delicate marble flowers?

The answer to...

Flowers for Ukraine

Some time ago I started to create more flower sculptures in addition to my sculpture for the ArtArmor project, with the aim of auctioning them off and donating the proceeds to Ukraine.

Especially now, after the US election with Trump...

My sculpture for Ukraine

At the end of May I received an email from the Ukrainian embassy in Berlin.

The embassy councilor for culture, Alisa Podolyak, invited me to take part in...

A surprising email

“Srebrenica artwork by the municipality of Haar”

That was the subject of an email that I recently found in my laptop’s inbox.

That was surprising. Did the municipality of Haar...

New stele in the olive orchard

Today I have news again from one of my ongoing artistic...

2022-02-16 11:03 by Wolfgang Sandt

Kare, the man with the skid mark

During my apprenticeship as a stonemason, quite a while ago, an old stonemason worked in the same company from time to time.

2022-02-10 12:55 by Wolfgang Sandt

Lichtfänger, transluzente Skulptur von Wolfgang Sandt, aus golden leuchtendem Rosa Portogallo Marmor. Erinnert an eine Sonnenscheibe

"Great idea! Just a pity that this is not possible"

Those were, in broad Bavarian, the first words of my stonemason colleague Markus when I presented my concept of translucent sculptures at the stone sculptor´s master school.

2022-01-26 13:11 by Wolfgang Sandt

Departure into a new year

What do you write in a blog post between the years?

What do you write after a year you've spent significant time in hospitals?

News from my studio