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Stone Sculpture Final
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Stone Sculpture
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A hand-carved stone form exploring the contrast between solid mass and hollowed space. The single carved aperture draws the eye through the piece, letting light pass through the translucent stone.
About This Piece
The sculpture is hand-carved from a single 20-pound block of alabaster, made over eight weeks in a stonecarving class at the Urban School of San Francisco. It was my first time carving stone.
I began planning a crescent moon or möbius strip, but after roughing out the shape I realized a fixed form was fighting the material. Inspired by Isamu Noguchi, I redesigned around two natural sections of rippling in the stone, splitting the piece into two halves divided by a carved chasm. Looking to Barbara Hepworth, I set an off-center hole through the center and left a thin layer of stone at its base thin enough to glow when hit by direct light.
The final piece stands 9"tall, 4" wide, and 3" deep, weighing roughly 18 pounds. It feels like a culmination of my interests: organic abstract form, product-minded design, and the technical craft of shaping raw material by hand.
Process Work
Sketches, references, material studies, and fabrication moments from the making of the sculpture.
