I'm speculating that Mando's concern for facture is descended from the enthusiasm for direct carving that grabbed American sculptors in the first half of the last century, and was celebrate by Kineton Parkes in his 1931 book, "The Art of Carved Sculpture".
A few years ago, I blogged about it here: http://mountshang.blogspot.com/2006/08/kineston-parkes-and-british-sculpture. html It's not an enthusiasm that has ever grabbed me, since carving, especially stone carving, is such a difficult facture, and I have problems enough just with design. BTW -- it was so difficult for the sculptors who pursued it, that the usual solution, for good sculptors, was to carve pieces that were either flat or simple. While the solution for bad sculptors, was to sacrifice everything to a dazzling display of virtuosity (a fault that I would also find with certain Classical musicians) As the fashion for cemetery sculpture declined over the last century, the number of master carvers has bottomed out -- but there's a few - like this fellow from Brazil: http://www.cicerodavila.com/ ____________________________________________________________ Are you a Shear Genius? Top Beauty Schools. Click Now! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/BLSrjnxaUYp0epJkMWqLxnmPzFUbKC eLZwRJRwSwVTEAOol7Y5OeschEdpu/
