SONYA MORAN, an Australian artist, does marble carving among other mediums. This image is of the original, which is hand carved but she does copies in casts.
ENCHANTED FOREST IMPORTS
http://www.enchantedforestimports.com/marble.htm
"Enchanted Forest Imports" are a company who sell hand-carved marble mantles and stuff. Since it's imported, and they aren't as expensive as I thought, there's probably some girl in a Chinese sweatshop who really knows how to use a chisel or something.
STONE CARVING APPLICATION?
In China and Korea, 'stone carving' is still considered an 'art' or a 'craft' worthy of knowing, so I guess similar skills can be applied to marble, even though marble carving seems to be less of an art, and is mostly just used for fireplaces and gazebos, etc.
REPARES?
According to some really brilliant sources (wink, wink, not even going to reference) is done by machines or using moulds and isn't carved by hand at all.
WALTER S ARNOLD
Then again, Walter S. Arnold makes gargoyles and other pieces and claims to be 'classically trained in Italy', suggesting that the artform still exists. His website (http://www.stonecarver.com/carvtool.html) discusses how stone carving is done.
I'm guessing this is him with a gargoyle...
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