A plaster cast of the full-scale Blessed Virgin has been delievered to the stone-carver's studio in Virginia. Using the ancient method of splitting stone, Malcolm, the carver, and his assistant drilled holes in the stone and inserted dowel rods. The rods were then filled with water and as the wood expanden the stone split! Then they began with the hammers and chisels. We are planning an Advent installation celebration.St. Joseph is underway in the studio now. He is almost ready be draped and finished. (Pictured below: Sarah stands on the nine-ton block of marble she and Malcolm had imported from Italy.)
Traveling in the Summer
The summer has been a busy one this year. In addition to working at Hood College and managing things at the studio, Sarah has been here, there and everywhere! She traveled with her beau, Erik, to his neck of the woods, New York City, and visited the MET for the first time. Then off to her mom's hometown, Chicago! Chicago architecture has always inspired Sarah and she hopes to have some statuary grace some buildings of comperable beauty. (Pictured right: Sarah at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.)
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