In an earlier post we talked bruises in marble, which are the bane of modern marble sculptors. They’re like a pimple on your sculpture’s nose and there is no effective makeup for marble. Surprisingly, bruising wasn’t an issue for the ancients. In fact, as we’ll see in a different post, the available carving techniques priorContinue reading “Many Kinds of Realism”
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Bruising Marble
This posting went almost unseen when I first put it up, six months ago, so after reworking it a little I’m re-posting it. The changes are cosmetic so if you feel like you’ve seen it before you probably have. If you carve marble or alabaster you know about bruising. I’m talking about the indelible milkyContinue reading “Bruising Marble”
The Real Greeks
Neoclassicism is dead and buried but serious sculpture must forever acknowledge classicism’s ghost, if only by whistling past the graveyard. Classicism has always been a Rorschach test for cultures. Generation after generation adopts the symbols and styles of the Athenians of the Fifth Century BCE, but each generation does so in a way that saysContinue reading “The Real Greeks”
Yikes!
I recently discovered a great new way to set the studio on fire. It was a complete surprise. If I ever knew this could happen I’d completely forgotten until it happened to me. I’m paranoid about fire. My former studio was gutted by fire about fifteen years ago. The building that the studio was inContinue reading “Yikes!”
Heavy Weight
This platform is for heavy work. A big block of stone, a 400 pound anvil, or a section of tree trunk. I don’t know how much it would safely hold, but it’s a lot. I would not think twice about setting a half-ton block on it.
A Sculpture Enlarging Machine Part 1
I’ve seen these in photos and old books but I’ve never seen one in the wild so I built one. It was a fun project and there’s some interesting geometry going on if that’s something that interests you.
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