2007-05-13
The original stone
2007-09-01
Looking at the stone again, several months after buying it
2007-10-09
The initial and literally hardest part of the work
I struck the stone improperly, and lost a chunk of it
The initial flow of the sculpture has been disturbed, and I have to rethink it
2007-11-18
A pesky line of dirt ingrained into the stone
2007-12-09
A closeup of the hollowing I started at the top of the sculpture
I'm amazed by how clunky and awkward the sculpture was at this point
2007-12-24
The first hints of what the sculpture was going to become.
I knew very early in the process how the "back" should look.
2008-02-24
I had to work very hard to make the sculpture not look like a finger or a cobra
The "back" of the sculpture had me under its spell at this point
2008-03-06
The sculpture continues to threaten to look like a finger
This is when there was a hint of translucency, which secured my intent to push the limits of the stone
The stone continues to tease me with its potential for translucency
At this point, I knew what the curve needed to be on this side of the sculpture
2008-03-09
Still kinda looks like a finger or a thumb
More glimmers of translucency
...and more translucency...
...and more...
At this point, I was really struggling with the curve at the top of the sculpture.
A closeup of the undefined stage of this part of the sculpture
