Title: White Marble Frog Sculpture/signed by Artist G. Franzosi, 1929
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Item ID: 830
One of a kind White Marble Frog Sculpture signed by Artist G. Franzosi, produced in 1929 The sculpture sits on a red and beige marble base. An original business card from the last known owner was from 'Lydia's Antique Shop' located in Spokane, Washington in 1946. The business card is taped to bottom of the piece.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_sculpture
Hammer and point is the technique used in working stone, in use at least since Roman times, as it is described in the legend of Pygmalion, and even earlier, the ancient Greek sculptors used it from c. 650 BC. It consists of holding the pointed chisel against the stone and swinging the hammer at it as hard as possible. When the hammer connects with the striking end of the chisel, its energy is transferred down the length and concentrates on a single point on the surface of the block, breaking the stone. This is continued in a line following the desired contour. It may sound simple but many months are required to attain competency. A good stone worker can maintain a rhythm of relatively longer blows (about one per second), swinging the hammer in a wider arc, lifting the chisel between blows to flick out any chips that remain in the way, and repositioning it for the next blow. This way, one can drive the point deeper into the stone and remove more material at a time. Some stoneworkers also spin the subbia in their fingers between hammer blows, thus applying with each blow a different part of the point to the stone.
