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Clay, Indiana Limestone
Life-size
Often we will work from an approved clay master, executed both to work out a composition and to provide a good image for a client to see before any carving starts. Using a device invented in Italy during the Renaissance called a maccianetta di punto we can accurately measure any point from the model and carefully transfer that point to the stone carving. A frame is built that will be moved from model to stone as often as the carver feels he needs to check his progress. The sliding pointer is positioned on the frame; the desired point is located with a sliding pointer locked in place. The pointer is slid back for the transfer of the frame from clay to stone. Until the pointer "bottoms out" in it's cradle, not enough stone has been carved away. Each material brings it's own "flair" to the image; this sample image demonstrates well the stylistic hardness that stone carving maintains.
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