The Sculptors Studio

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Comment by Jay W. Hungate on June 11, 2009 at 9:19am

Well, this phase of the carving is nearly complete. I've removed roughly half of the mass of the original stone, and have brought Wopos vision of five swallows into reality. It's been a great experience. The stone is a beautiful granite with flecks of purple (quartz, I think) that I'm told likely came from Dunstable originally.

Now it's on to getting the pieces for the woodpecker carving, for the Centennial Island Bridge.
-Jay

Comment by Jay W. Hungate on April 9, 2009 at 3:14pm

Well, it's getting closer to being done. I've started defining the far two swallows. Once I've gotten all five to this rough finish, I'll go back and refine the details further. A back injury set me back a bit, but things are looking up.
-Jay
April 9, 2009

Comment by Jay W. Hungate on April 6, 2009 at 1:52pm

Here's an image from when I first started removing the excess granite, when the design plan called for four birds to be standing on an incline, and a fifth one to be carved in relief on the far end.

Comment by Jay W. Hungate on March 13, 2009 at 12:18pm

Here's an updated image of the granite carving for the Concord River Greenway, as of March 13, 2009: