Caught in Stone

Amazingly expressive faces- how the artists can manage to capture emotions in hard stone amazes me.

 Atelier de Campagne is a good West coast source of statuary in Corralitos, CA. 

Some day I shall visit in person!

Uber talented Pascal Amblard artist discovered this precious face on the grounds of a villa in Germany.

 
Varying attitudes are portrayed perfectly:

Lovely and serene:

I wonder who and why....

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Found: marble slab

Do you believe what some folks throw away? 

I am not usually a garbage picker, but this sat on a tree lawn all morning with the bags of trash, waiting to be tossed in the garbage truck.

We are going to make this grey and cream slab the top of a "new" coffee table. I suspect it will end up with wrought iron legs.

Score!

Stately verdigris

Verdigris at its best, 

complemented by marble columns and blue marble diamond ribbons.

Brescia's new marble?

 We snapped this photo in Brescia, Italy as we strolled through an underpass.

Gorgeous texture and color, wouldn't you say?

This is Giallo Siena Marble.

So intricate. Beautiful. 

 

 

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