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Welcome! Come take a trip with us around the world of Cal the Stoner, intricarved stone sculpture

Cal the Stoner is the creator of the sculptural technique intricarved

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Cal the Stoner intricarved stone sculpture

Intricarved stone artist Cal the Stoner sculpts full time from his open-air sculpture studio in the opal mining town of Andamooka, South Australia. 


Cal's body of Grampians sandstone intricarved sandstone sculptural artworks includes fifteen works. The Stone River series, 888, The Cube, Hedron series, Planets of Galaxy Z and the epic 15th sculpture, The Andamooka Tiger. 


The Andamooka Tiger is a 1.2 tonne life-size intricarved sculpture that has Andamooka rainbow matrix opal claws, tail tip, fangs and nose, honey matrix opal eyes and red rolling flash matrix opal pupils. Andamooka is the only place in the world that produces the Andamooka rainbow matrix opal.


Continuing his work with celestial bodies, (see the Planets of Galaxy Z). Work is underway on Cal's next piece, The Goddess. 

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The Andamooka Tiger close up detail demonstrating the artist sculptural technique intricarved.

Intricarved stone sculpture artist

Intricarved

Intricarved is an intricately carved stone sculptural technique that contains a picture/image or patterns in two or more colours created by Australian sculptor Cal the Stoner (Prohasky) in 2011. The lines, textural features and colour changes in an intricarved sculpture are those found naturally within the stone. The lines and colour variations needed for each separate stone in the sculpture are found in larger pieces of stone, Cal then uses his hammer and chisel to get the piece out and then shape it's features to form the next interlocking piece. The process repeated until the sculpture is completed. In The Andamooka Tiger’s case over 2000 times. 


Though some individual stone faces are the size of a small coin they have a depth of 25mm (1 inch) to 100mm (4 inches) No stones are a thin facade like a tile, they all have depth and strength where each added stone compounds it’s inner strength.


A stone coming loose is impossible!

Intricately carved stone art

Up close and personal in this image from The Andamooka Tiger. You can see how each rock contains lines of red and cream-gold pigmentation occurring in the unique vein of Australian Grampians sandstone that Cal predominately works in. You can also see how the stonemason has chiseled each rock to interlock tightly into the sculpture, whilst continuing the sculptures desired image. 

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Announcement: Cal the Stoner's Deviation live music event

Cal the Stoner presents from 2pm Feb 18th 2023

Headlining act: Death by Carrot - Infinity loop tour '23


+ arts, stalls, merchandise and licensed bar till midnight.


Stay tuned for updates and ticketing.


Cal the Stoner's Deviation Grosser Street, Andamooka, South Australia.

Are you an artist who wants to get involved?

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An artists journey

From St Kilda city to the Australian outback. 


As the scale of Cal’s sculptures grew. Space to sculpt was required. Sculpting from a St Kilda apartment presented some challenges...


Cal moved around a variety of locations in Melbourne, including residency's at The Laneway Artspace and the Theatre Research Institute. Then a friend suggested the Australian outback opal mining town of Andamooka. 


Cal promptly loaded his sculptures, stone and studio into an old bus and drove 1307 kilometres across the desert.

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Take a trip into the Andamooka open-air studio - drone foota

Four more rocks to make and nearing the end to 8,000 hours work. Not counting the hours I was building it in my sleep


Sculptor’s log November 2021 The Andamooka Tiger

Cal & The Andamooka Tiger pause under the desert sun for a work in progress photo, Andamooka SA
Cal the Stoner intricarved sculpture, The Andamooka Tiger
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Event. The unveiling of The Andamooka Tiger sculpture

Saturday 16 April the Andamooka & Roxby Downs celebrated The Andamooka Tiger's unveiling with a huge party under the desert skies. The event was made possible by the Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund, which supports the arts in regional and remote Australia and sponsors from the Andamooka community. 

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View Cal the Stoner's body of work on the sculpture gallery page

website icon for Cal the Stoner body of work Andamooka Tiger
website icon for Cal the Stoner body of work sculpture 888
website icon for Cal the Stoner body of work sculpture The cube
website icon for Cal the Stoner body of work sculpture Hedron series
website icon for Cal the Stoner body of work sculpture Stone River series
website icon for Cal the Stoner body of work sculpture Planets of galaxy z
The goddess beckons. Work has commenced on Cal's 16th intricarved stone artwork, The Goddess.
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Work commences on The Goddess.

Image of a Planet of galaxy z whilst kookaburras sit perched on the progressing artwork. instagram

A bit about the South Australian opal mining town Andamooka

Cal the Stoner's mascot Rory perched overlooking the Andamooka desert

The outback opal mining town of Andamooka

Andamooka is a quirky opal mining town in the South Australian outback. Andamooka is located 612 klms north of Adelaide. Famous for it's rainbow matrix opal. Infamous for the inhabitants and desert lifestyle. In this photo Cal's tiger pal Rory sits on a small rock outcrop surveying the South Australian desert on another desert bright blue sunny day. 

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Close up of an Andamooka rainbow matrix opal claw flashes opal colours on The Andamooka Tiger.

Andamooka rainbow matrix opal

The Andamooka Tiger claws flash the vivid colours of the Andamooka rainbow matrix opal. The sculpture features rainbow matrix claws and tail tip. Matrix opal teeth and pupils. Honey matrix eyes and black matrix nose. 


The Andamooka opal field is one of the oldest opals fields in Australia. Discovered in the 1930’s. It contains a significant variation of host rock producing numerous opal variations. Observing the aptly named rainbow matrix opal. Movement of your gaze or changes in light can ignite a display of vivid flashing colour. The rainbow seemingly plays across the stone. A spectrum of light energy.


Opal mined from the Andamooka opal fields dates to the cretaceous period, when the dessert was an inland sea. Andamooka derives from the Indigenous name meaning ‘large waterhole.’ When the great ancestor rainbow serpent came down to earth, the stones and pebbles turned to opals wherever it’s belly lay.

Andamooka underground opal showroom & mineral museum
Black & white logo for the Andamooka Observatory. Friends of the intricarve artist, Cal the Stoner.

Andamooka obervatory tours

Tour the Andamooka opal fields by day or under the desert skies with the crew: Leila, Conan and Dave the Mad Scientist from The Andamooka Observatory. 


Opal mining day & stargazing nocturnal tours
Cal the Stoner has a street sign Cal's deviation leading to the art studio in Andamooka South Aus
Cal the Stoner's deviation

Cal's sculpture studio is not your standard deviation.

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