Today I walked up through the olive groves and terraced allotments to Capezzano Monte. I had to look at this twice. Just a barrow.
I pass by Inger (one of the sculptors at Studio Sem) and Magnus's house, drop in and feast on home made sourdough and local honey. It is a lovely house to chat things over in and the air seems full of nurturing energy. I do feel very good in this place, but can anyone explain why girls drink such obscure teas?
Later that week in the studio, Inger explains the geometric enlargement system to me.
Prepare your maquette (small scale model of the sculpture) and the block of stone into which you want to enlarge and carve it. The width, length and height of the block should be roughly proportionate to the maquette.
Draw a line on a board and mark one end with a cross (A).
Using a compass, measure the longest distance on the block and mark this (B) on the line (using A as your starting point). Then measure the longest distance on the maquette with the compass Place one end of the compass on point B and scribe an arc on one side of the line. Then draw a line from A so that it intersects the arc at the furthest distance from B (ie, if the arc is a hill on the A through B line, then the highest point of the hill).
You then have two lines, starting from A, making a V shape.
Take any measurement on the maquette and move the compass up or down the V until both ends meet the lines of the V. Mark where one of the compass ends touches, measure from there back to point A and you have the corresponding measurement for the enlargement.
Good luck.
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