Martin Schneider

"I see stone not as a lifeless material, but as an archive of hidden stories. In the 'Mythic Ember Chamber,' I bridge the ancient craft of stonemasonry with the creation of mythic worlds. As a self-taught artist, I follow no academic rulebook, but rather the dialogue with the material itself.

My work focuses on the contrast between the raw, untouched origin of the stone and precise, human shaping. Each sculpture is a unique piece, waiting to be liberated from its millennia-old sleep to stand as a guardian or witness of a distant history in our world."

My path as a sculptor is rooted in the daily, hands-on mastery of stone. Working professionally as a hand-finisher in a stonemasonry business, I have gained a profound technical understanding of surface treatments and the physical demands of working with solid rock.

However, my artistic identity is entirely self-taught. Free from academic constraints, I leverage my professional expertise to realize my own vision of the 'Mythic Ember Chamber.' The creation of my archaic guardians is an ongoing, self-directed evolutionary process, blending the technical precision of my trade with the uninhibited exploration of mythic narratives.