Carruth Studio -Welcome!
Garden Art, Gifts, and Affordable Art
Enter our Beautiful Gardens 2010 Contest...you could win a $200 gift certificate! Visit our Facebook page for more details. www.facebook.com/carruthstudio
Fundraisers...Imagine as much as 40% immediate profit for your organization! No more candy bars at $1.00 each. Prices are all inclusive - no hidden charges, and shipping is free. (Sell one statue for $30.00 and earn $12.00 toward your goal). Since George Carruth is one of America's most collected sculptors, selling is easier than you may think. Follow this link for more information: www.carruthstudio.com/Fundraising-Programs.aspx
Wholesale Accounts: Atlanta show specials are in effect here also! Check out the 1009, 1087, 575 and 1093-Set. Also, Free Freight Special with $750 or more OR Free Piece with $350 or more offers ending August 31...call us for details!
A cat birdbath, frog rain gauge and dog thermometer are but a few of the outdoor garden statues and sculptures created at Carruth Studio. It all began over 25 years ago with one-of-a-kind garden statues and sculptures, hand carved from stones, cast off from local quarries. Turning rough quarry stones into garden sculptures became the passion of George Carruth over two decades ago.
After several years of working as a sculptor at American Greeting Cards in Cleveland, Ohio, George decided to apply his artistic skills to stone. It literally changed his life! Soon he was winning awards at art shows and exhibits, sculpting commissioned pieces for the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., and carving custom stone panels for a school, library and village clock tower. Even a custom tiny stone Christmas ornament was commissioned for the White House Christmas tree.
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The demand for George's sculptures and outdoor garden statues eventually led to casting of George's designs into stone, so that multiple images could be produced. Again, everything changed.
George's sun faces, outdoor plaques and garden accents were now being portrayed on the covers of mail order garden and gift catalogs. 3000 art galleries, craft shops and nurseries were now exhibiting these unique classic and whimsical designs from coast to coast. Who would have thought this passion for creativity could be so much fun, and turn into a thriving business called Carruth Studio, Inc.?
Well, his wife Deborah seemed to know it all along. She left her career as an Occupational Therapist and became the left-brained promoter, businessperson and manager of Carruth Studio from the very beginning, thus allowing right-brained George to focus on the artwork instead of struggling through the daily technical requirements of running a successful business.
Today these unique sculptures are found in homes across the country and around the world. Several times a year George signs purchases at his Garden Smiles gallery in Waterville, Ohio. At these signings, customers share the intended destination of their newly purchased sculpture. Often the gift is being sent out of state, and frequently to a friend or relative living in a foreign country. Again, who would have thought?
So welcome to this website and enjoy over 200 designs made by hand with loving care at Carruth Studio in Waterville, Ohio.