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Stone Conversations : Archive 10 : Message 00274

From: John Graham <john@zzzzzzzzz>
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 22:09:28 -0600
Subject: Anybody interested? Well, no ...

Dulce--

Thanks for the recommendation, but why? This fellow does not seem to
carve any stone at all, unless I missed something. Many of the other
carvers here will know what I mean when I say that clay modeling may be
"sculpting" but it is a far cry from stone carving. I'm sure you know why...

In clay modeling (for subsequent cast metallic duplicates) one can
smear clay around a thousand times until the nose is "perfect". Stone
sculptors, like Michaelangelo for instance, or you and I of probably
lesser skill, have one and only one chance to carve the nose to our
"image". Sculpting is wonderful. Stone carving is quite difficult.

This line from the guy's bio is as strikingly awful as his sculptures
are wonderful --
"The image represents the anatomy of the golf swing and the dawn of
a new Millennium as it encircles centuries of excellence past, present
and future."

That's an amazing assemblage of ninnypoop words for a "self taught"
guy-- normally it requires an advance degree in art simulation to
conjure up an image so devoid of semantic meaning or linguistic elegance.

We have lots of people who can actually pick up a hammer and chisel
and carve stone. I like them much better. I like your stone carving much
better. Thanks for asking!

GRAHAM, John

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