Stone

I am still discovering the nature of this material. I went to study in Querceta Italy with Gio Pomodoro who unfortunately died when I got there. I remained at Studio Angeli and worked without my intended mentor, but learned many things from the artisans who were working there. My real mentor was Darrell Petit who I would periodically communicate with from an internet café in town. “Don’t force the material” he reiterated. The artisans at Studio Angeli, some who had been carving stone for over 60 years, shared many stories about carving works for artists including Henry Moore and Isamu Noguchi. Noguchi, they told me would say, “You must listen to the stone!”

This sculpture is made of Carrara marble, and was purchased by Henry Schein, Inc. for their corporate headquarters in Melville, NY.