Marble Sculpting with Tom

Tom is a Swiss-born sculptor and painter based on the Greek island of Naxos, internationally recognized for his singular marble vessels and sculptural forms. He began his creative path as an airplane draftsman, where the discipline of precision and line deeply shaped his approach to sculpture. After two decades teaching art, he and his wife moved to Naxos in search of a slower, more intentional life.

Working exclusively with local Naxian marble, a luminous, coarse-grained stone quarried nearby, Tom selects each block by hand. He shapes them using diamond discs, flex tools, hand files, and sandpaper, deliberately avoiding CNC machines, acid treatments, or polish. Instead, he honors the raw vitality of the stone, leaving tool marks visible and surfaces subtly textured, allowing light to shimmer across their facets. 

He often returns to the same core ideas, believing that to work seriously as an artist means to explore deeply and repeatedly. His pieces—totemic, minimal, and full of quiet rhythm—are influenced by Cycladic sculpture, modern ceramics, and the understated elegance of Hellenic form. While marble is his primary medium, Tom also works in wood and has created collaborative installations using humble, found materials.

The rhythms of island life, the wind, and the sun infuse his practice with a quiet sense of place. Tom now invites you into his breezy, open-air atelier to explore the timeless craft of marble carving and uncover something ancient in the stone—and in yourself.