A study of the artist's way of working in the various handicrafts and arts of design (1905)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 82
C A R V I N G be used, and the carving done as if one were work- ing in alabaster. Very light taps of a wooden mallet are all that is needed to impel the chisel. … Fig. 17. Portal of Chapel at Convent ot Batalha, Portugal When elaborate carving is being made in limestone the blows are not more noisy than those of a wood- pecker on a tree ; and frequently for a moment the mallet is abandoned, and the chisel used nearly like a knife-blade (which itself may be…
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