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ROMANCING THE STONE

SCULPTOR ASHIKA MAREK OSTAPKOWICZ had been on a worldwide journey of discovery before settling in the gentle hills around Yandoit in central Victoria.

His childhood home was in Poland; when he was 14, his family moved to live in western Canada; later he decided to emigrate to Australia, arriving in 1998. The search for stones and silence has been integral to his working life, and he found plenty of both here.

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