Palasser
Helga

Helga has started her artistic education with an apprenticeship for sculpting in Bad Kleinkirchheim / Austria. In summer 1998 she worked in the Gallery of Timeless Sculptures in Kings Beach in California and gained a lot of knowledge in casting techniques and wood carving.

In September 2010 she joined the master course for cultural production in Salzburg and finished her studies in October 2012. It was there when she started to work on “The Stone Diary”, a book series documenting her cooperation with different cultures. The first volume is now online where it can be read on the blog www.palassart.com and tells the story of her collaboration with Zimbabwean sculptors. To bring people with different cultural backgrounds together and to develop intercultural sensitivity is at the heart of this undertaking.

In fall 2014 she was invited to Nepal to build a peace sculpture for the Miteri Peace Learning Center in Jumla. “Stone Diary 2” tells the story of this project in Nepal.

“Stone Diary 3” will be about the famous ‘Khachkars’ in Armenia, stones that have been carved since the 7th century until the present time. Further information is available under www.palassart.com .