Taking Chisel and Hammer to Stone
- Some Thoughts on Marble Sculpture since 1950
by Ellen B. Cutler

...Direct carving in stone is among the most ancient of the arts, and of all stone, marble is the most symbolic and alluring, a potent metaphor of classicism, purity, and endurance. There is, moreover, the illusion that the sculptor does not so much create the form but release it from the stone. As Michelangelo wrote: “I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.”...