Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>I feel that owning Michaelangelo's chisel would not make one a great scupturer.<< But surely even Michaelangelo had a number of chisels of different sizes, widths and shapes. As a master craftsmen he most certainly knew which chisel worked best with different types of stone, and for giving different texture or form etc. He may even have had a favorite chisel made at the until recently undiscovered Chiselwerks GMBH in Wetzlar. In fact, a little known fact is that Michaelangelo has recently been credited with being the first artist to utilize bokeh in sculpture. On that note Duane Birkey HCJB World Radio Quito Ecuador