Silvio Apponyi – Sculptor

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  • August 12-20th 2023 SALA

    Silvio will be hosting the SA Stone Sculptors’ Association members who will be working at a mini-symposium during SA Living Artists’ Festival. Daily, Saturday 12th till Sunday 20th August, 10 am – 4pm.

    The Studio is at 157 Swamp Road, Balhannah, with 4WD parking on the south paddock.

  • June 2023 – Whales Completed

    Silvio enjoyed his 2 months in Middleton, carving the whales “Buttons & Bobby” from a red-gum log. He was plied with coffee & cake by the locals and assisted by James Cowley. Jen Watts, the organiser of the project, from the Middleton Town & Foreshore Association, was a delight to work with.

  • June – 2023 Rottnest Island

    Silvio’s WAISSS sculpture is going to be installed on Rottnest Island soon.

  • May 2023 – Progress at Middleton

    Silvio’s Whale at Basham’s Beach, Middleton, is close to being finished…he will tackle the Calf next week from the 16th onwards.

  • April – May 2023 -Middleton

    Delivery of the tree trunk
    The first cut

    Silvio will be working at Basham’s Beach during April, carving a whale & calf from this old red-gum trunk. April 2nd -10th, 18th – 24th, 29th – 3rd May.

  • February 25-26 Port Lincoln

    Silvio will be conducting carving workshops during the ArtEyrea festival.

  • January 2023 – Brighton Jetty Sculptures

    Silvio co-curated and co-judged the Brighton Jetty Sculptures exhibition which runs until the 29th January. He is also exhibiting this marble piece “Surf’s Up”

  • November 2022 – Progress

    Silvio’s piece “Nudibranch” is progressing well. The sculptors are enjoying working on the Attadale Reserve by the Swan River and are being well looked after by organisers and sponsors.

  • November 2022 – WAISSS – “Stone to Art”

    At the opening of the Western Australian International Stone Sculpture Symposium, “Stone to Art”, on Thursday evening 10th November. L-R, Jina Lee, symposium director & participating sculptor, Quentin Gore, sculptor, SA, Peter Henderson, symposium committee member and supplier of the stone, Luke Zwolsman, sculptor, Qld, Peter Syndicas, sculptor, SA, Peter Stone from the City of Melville, Silvio Apponyi, site manager & participating sculptor, SA. The artists will be working 9-5 from the 11th – 27th November on the Attadale Reserve alongside the Swan River.

  • June 2022 – Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, Queensland.

    Silvio’s Water Dragon Moggil-Teacher at the beginning of the Children’s Trail,
    waiting for the soft-fall and landscaping to be finished.