The past few weeks Erik and Sarah spent in Italy. They visited Rome, Pisa, Florence, Siena and San Gimignano, and Pietrasanta. After Sarah completed the clay sculpture of St. Joseph she had a plaster cast made and sent it to Studio Antognazzi in Pietrasanta, Italy. The stone carvers there selected a piece of marble from the mountains surrounding the Italian town. The sculpture is nearly complete and Sarah even learned a thing or two about wielding a chisel! (Pictured below: Sarah poses with St. Joseph in Pietrasanta with a pneumatic hammer and an official stone carver's paper hat.)
Virgin Nearing Completion
After so much work, the journey is coming close to an end. The Virgin Mary awaits at the carver's studio for final approval. The next step is to coordinate a team to install the nearly two ton sculpture at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church in Potomac, Maryland. (Pictured below: The Virgin nearly complete, August 2, 2006, at Malcolm's studio in Virginia.)
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