Services

Sampa provides commissioned work in woodcarving and stonecarving and teaches classes and workshops as well.

Wood Carving

Sampa has created items as small as wooden plaques of religious symbols and as simple as cutting boards, to altars that are up to 70 feet long and people sized shrines and the largest being the frame of a full Buddhist temple. He commissions work project by project. View the gallery for inspiration and contact Sampa via the Inquiry Form to receive a quote and timeline for your wood sculpture idea.

Stone Carving

Sampa carves pieces for interiors as well as exterior, for example to place in your garden. He works in sizes as small as 6 inches and less than one pound up to 9 feet tall and very heavy. He commissions work project by project. View the gallery for inspiration and contact Sampa via the Inquiry Form to receive a quote and timeline for your wood sculpture idea.

Classes/Workshops

Sampa has taught as a Master Carver in India with a full workshop as well as classes here in the United States. Opportunities to learn from Sampa will be posted here when they are available. If you are an art school interested in hosting Sampa for a workshop, click the button below to reach out.

Commission Process

  • A very small carving can take as long as 15-16 hrs from start to finish, and go up from there based on sized and complexity. Timing can also be influenced by how much work Sampa is currently doing. He will let you know what place in line you are and an estimated time frame.

  • Sampa’s work is priced with a very general range of around $5-600 for a smaller carving to a few thousand for furniture and up from there. The pricing is based on materials and time and scope of project.

  • First you will need to fill out an inquiry form on this page, telling Sampa the general idea for your project. He will then contact you for more discussion of your idea, and his current work schedule. Then he can provide an estimate of the cost and timeline. At that point, you will provide a signature and 50% deposit based on the estimate to initiate the work. Sampa then will provide a sketch of the idea to be made for approval. You are allowed 2 revisions: more than that will cost extra for time. At this point work commences!

  • On the ok of the estimate and signature, Sampa requires a 50% deposit. You can pay via check or cash. You will have received an estimate of the timeline and once Sampa has finished your work you can pay the remaining fees via check or cash. You can pick the work up at his workshop on Whidbey Island, or the item can be shipped to you via UPS. Shipping and handling is not included in the price of the work.

Request a Quote

Interested commissioning Sampa Lhundup for your wood or stonecarving project? Click the button below.