Working Carrara marble in Italy!

Just wanted to show some work in progress(WIP) shots of my marble project. this block was a part of an even larger block that I drilled and split. I then spent 3 hours leveling out the base using a 3,4,5 triangle to find the right angle. I then went through and cut off a substantial amount from the left and right sides of the block after drawing a rough version of the piece onto the front. after that I used the saw again to remove some marble from the front. I then began a much more precise method of measuring my wax model exactly and multiplying it by 2.5 so that my final marble piece will be 2 and a half times larger than my model. once I had some solid points such as the top of the sternum and the ends of the clavicle I drilled into the marble to that exact point and basically connected the dots with the pneumatic hammer for the torso. That is my process so far, I wont be sculpting the back until the end so that I cant really go "to far" I am looking forward to the final piece and the knowledge I will learn on the way. I have already done a lot of experimenting and have already learned a ton.

Also, my wax piece will be caste in bronze as of next week! more to come on that and this piece.


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