John Merchant Sculptor

Home      About the Artist      Where Sculpture Begins      Fire and Ice      Enigma      High Riser      Oh!      Transition      Ding      Nagaraj      Gilda Emerging from the Rock      Antigone      U.R.D.1      Lady in Waiting      Breaking Wave      Pipe Dream      Spring Tide      Green Goddess      Supplecant      Dragon Point on Black Mountain      Dragon Egg      A Mother and Child      Bronze Sculpture      Dimensions      Computer Paintings      Barbara Allen      Elektra      Listening to the Universe      Contact      Prices             WHERE SCULPTURE BEGINS   The most intuitive stage of sculpting in stone is "seeing" the finished piece in the raw stone.  Often the concept and sketch comes after that.  In the case of "Breaking Wave," it was at first difficult to see it as marble at all.    As can be seen in the left hand photograph, there were several faults in the stone that both steered and constrained the finished sculpture.   The image of "Gilda" came immediately I began to study the stone.  "You are the One" is still working its self out in my mind..   BREAKING WAVE          GILDA          HIGH RISER          U.R.D. 1      Back to Top