WebFor the past 25 years, Ra Paulette has been carving out man-made caves from the sandstone hills of New Mexico, and then sculpting these spaces into works of
Get a quoteWebUsing only hand tools, Ra Paulette sculpts magnificent and intricate cave complexes under New Mexico's arid landscape. His creations are as big as houses, and take 10 years to complete. But his eccentricity, and the odd cave collapse, has led to nearly all his commissions being dropped. This Oscar-nominated documentary follows him as he sets …
Get a quoteWebNov 10, 2015 · Ra Paulette digs cathedral-like, eighth wonder of the world; art caves into the sandstone cliffs of Northern New Mexico. Each creation takes him years to complete, and each is a masterwork. But patrons who have commissioned caves have cut off nearly all of his projects due to artistic differences.
Get a quoteWebWorld-renowned "cave digger" Ra Paulette has created a one-of-a-kind art-lined chamber bored into the center of a sandstone butte that towers majestically above the high desert floor near Ojo Caliente, New Mexico. Ra's work has been detailed in the Academy Award-nominated documentary, "Cavedigger." Unparalleled beauty.
Get a quoteWebUsing only hand tools, Ra Paulette sculpts magnificent and intricate cave complexes under New Mexico's arid landscape. His creations are as big as houses, and take 10 years to complete. But his eccentricity, and the odd cave collapse, has led to nearly all his commissions being dropped. This Oscar-nominated documentary follows him as he sets …
Get a quoteWebWorld-renowned "cave digger" Ra Paulettehas created a one-of-a-kind art-lined chamber bored into the center of a sandstone butte that towers majestically above the high desert floor near Ojo Caliente, New Mexico. Ra's work has been detailed in the Academy Award-nominated documentary, "Cavedigger." Unparalleled beauty.
Get a quoteWebUsing only hand tools, Ra Paulette sculpts magnificent and intricate cave complexes under New Mexico's arid landscape. His creations are as big as houses, and take 10 years to complete. But his eccentricity, and the odd cave collapse, has led to nearly all his commissions being dropped. This Oscar-nominated documentary follows him as he sets …
Get a quoteWebCAVE DIGGER | TRAILER. Ra Paulette creates cathedral-like 'eighth wonder of the world' scuptural caves using nothing but hand tools. Working in the malleable sandstone cliffs of Northern New Mexico his creations rival the work of the great earth artists - Goldsworthy, Heiser, Smithson. But Ra's work has gone unrecognized. Patrons who
Get a quoteWebUsing only hand tools, Ra Paulette sculpts magnificent and intricate cave complexes under New Mexico's arid landscape. His creations are as big as houses, and take 10 years to complete. But his eccentricity, and the odd cave collapse, has led to nearly all his commissions being dropped.
Get a quoteWebThe cave itself was created by Ra Paulette using nothing but a pickaxe, shovel, and wheelbarrow. The ceramic tiles and glass were done by Shel Neymark. Find out more about Shel Neymark at his
Get a quoteWebFor the past 25 years, Ra Paulette has been carving out man-made caves from the sandstone hills of New Mexico, and then sculpting these spaces into works of
Get a quoteWebRa Paulette, Cave Digger. With a keen sense of empty space and no drawings whatsoever, New Mexico artist Ra Paulette has been excavating caves for the past 25 years. Using simple tools like shovels, a maddox, and more back and forth trips with a wheelbarrow than you can imagine, he turns caves into beautiful meditation spaces.
Get a quoteWebWorld-renowned "cave digger" Ra Paulette has created a one-of-a-kind art-lined chamber bored into the center of a sandstone butte that towers majestically above the high desert floor near Ojo Caliente, New Mexico. Ra's work has been detailed in the Academy Award-nominated documentary, "Cavedigger." Unparalleled beauty.
Get a quoteWebPaulette, born in 1940 and raised in Indiana, first started digging caves in the early 1980s by chance and by calling. A Vietnam vet, he had served on a naval flagship and, like many men of his generation, came back from the war, damaged by the experience.
Get a quoteWebRa Paulette is quite a solitary person. He has spent most of the last quarter-century alone in the New Mexico wilderness, save for his dog, digging caves in the Ojo Caliente sandstone near Embudo. Describing his work as "caves" does them no justice.
Get a quoteWebUsing only hand tools Ra Paulette sculpts magnificent and intricate cave complexes under New Mexico's arid landscape. But his eccentricity has led to nearly all his commissions being dropped. And his obsession has cost him dearly.
Get a quoteWebWith a keen sense of empty space and no drawings whatsoever, New Mexico artist Ra Paulette has been excavating caves for the past 25 years. Using simple tools like shovels, a maddox, and more back and forth trips with a wheelbarrow than you can imagine, he turns caves into beautiful meditation spaces.
Get a quoteWebCAVE DIGGER | TRAILER. Ra Paulette creates cathedral-like 'eighth wonder of the world' scuptural caves using nothing but hand tools. Working in the malleable sandstone cliffs of Northern New Mexico his creations rival the work of the great earth artists - Goldsworthy, Heiser, Smithson. But Ra's work has gone unrecognized. Patrons who
Get a quoteWebFor the past 25 years, Ra Paulette has been carving out man-made caves from the sandstone hills of New Mexico, and then sculpting these spaces into works of
Get a quoteWebUsing only hand tools Ra Paulette sculpts magnificent and intricate cave complexes under New Mexico's arid landscape. But his eccentricity has led to nearly all his commissions being dropped. And his obsession has cost him dearly.
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