 When I first arrive at the limestone carving site, I'm awed by the monolithic stones awaiting transformation. In a week there will be 24 nearly completed sculptures. |
 There is mine. I don't remember wanting such a tall slender stone. What was I thinking? |
 Within minutes everyone grabs a diamond blade and starts making dust. |
 I start off carving away junks trying to "get to the figure".Make that block have curves. |
 In the morning, I am still dustfree and recognizable. By lunch much of the stone is covering my features but the figure starts to break out of the stone. |
 When its time to carve the other side,you need Jason and his trusty machine. You really want to be certain before you turn it over. |
 Mary, from Minnesota, uses a grinder and a diamond blade to cut sections that she will later knock off with a chisel. |
 When he is not turning stones, Jason manages to use his pneumatic chisel to create his own sculpture. |
 Slowly she begins to become a sculpture "on all sides". |
 Mark, from NY,puts us all to shame by having his floating figure almost finished by the end of the week.Note his model. |
 I was very excited when I carved through the legs and put a "hole" in my piece. Now she was truly free of the block. |
 Time to go. The week is over.She waits to be picked up. A couple of my fellow sculptors manevered her into the back of my Subaru. She was only about 525 lbs. Now how do I get her out? |
| see link image on home page for link to Indiana Limestone Carving Symposium |
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