Making of Stone Sculpture
Carving stone into sculpture is an activity older than civilisation itself. Prehistoric sculptures were usually human forms, such as the Vebus Of Willendolf and the faceless statues of the cycladic cultures. Later cultures devised animal, human-animal and abstract forms in stone. The earliest cultures used abrasive techniques, and modern technology employs pneumatic hammers and other devices. But for most of human history, sculptors used hammer and chisel as the basic…
