Carolina Sculpture Studio: Full Round Statuary

Full Round Statuary

	*Blessed Virgin Mary* 5'-6" tall overall 1'-10" x 1'-10" x 0'-4" Plinth Barre Gray Granite (In Progress View) Produced for A. Gardner Finn Carmichael, CA In Conjunction with McCarthy Sign Company Truckee, CA & Dixie Granite Company, Inc. Elberton, GA *Sculptor's Comments/Job Details*
	"This project is being produced as a feature for the new construction of the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin at Truckee, CA near Lake Tahoe. Granite is a common sight in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Its utilization in this project was a specific customer request, as was the demand for quality unavailable from the imported granite statuary market. The resulting statue will provide a lasting feature of durable beauty, respectful of protocol and tradition. The customer directly commissioned this project, with only a telephone referral through a dealer. The family has an extensive heritage in the Truckee, CA region and desired the lasting impression only public sculpture can provide."
	These images show the development of the portrait-quality 1:1 clay model of the bust to be employed when carving this statue. When completed, such a model can be used to accurately produce a striking likeness in stone, submitted to the foundry for reproduction in bronze or simply cast in plaster & patinated for display in home or office (possibly to be produced in bronze or stone at a later date when finances allow). Plaster castings may also be distributed as a premium to patrons sponsoring a project.
Clay models offer professionals and customers significant preliminary input towards achieving dependable & satisfactory results, plus the potential for signature retail outlet products unavailable from any other source- from bronze markers, medallions & plaques to full round statuary.
The plaster working model, cast from the finished clay model above, immediately after unmolding. This model is then finished as needed when still moist or "green" while the original plaster is still somewhat receptive to resolution of voids or damage. More surfacing is possible at the plaster dries completely.
	The resolved model is then fitted for use of a pointing machine- this one passed to me from my Uncle, Master Sculptor Dario Rossi following his retirement. Very traditional in use and method, the pointing machine allows for dependable & accurate 1:1 replication of the model into stone.

Carolina Sculpture Studio
193 Twin Creek Drive Boiling Springs, South Carolina 29316-5467 USA
(864) 814-6418 Phone/FAX email: cbbutton@bellsouth.net