The Making of a Sculpture

[Music] the sculpture begins in the quarry italy has always been known as the home of the most beautiful marble in the world found in the mountains of carrara michelangelo famously mated his material of choice with most notable artists following in his steps continuing to modern times this is carrara home of the world's finest barbel carrara is situated between the sea and mountains which are literally made of marble out of all the marble quarries in the carrara area only five carry the statue aerial marble used for sculpting according to legend statue statuario is the name given by michelangelo for this finest grade of marble there are two approaches to create volume in sculpting one is the additional way building the volume little by little using clay wax or plasticine the other is by carving away from a block carving the sculpture directly in marble is martin varro's approach by doing so the sculptor is in full control of the whole process from start to finish it is all in his hands a block is selected in the quarry to fit the artist's idea the quality and shape of the natural material inspires the artists all the way through the process of carving [Music] it is a loving collaboration between marble and sculptor even the sketches and models are carved in marble [Music] the idea takes shape at the very first step with the understanding of the qualities of the material after studying the block of marble a drawing helps to find the outlines of the sculpture in the block [Music] the process of carving follows the outlines step by step marble is removed according to the drawing [Music] angle grinders with diamond blades and grinders with specially shaped diamond tools help the carving process [Music] this natural and spiritual journey keeps the artist excited and happy about doing his work and the result is always original one-of-a-kind work [Music] you

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Length: 3min 7sec (187 seconds)

Published: Wed Mar 15 2017