tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68678134449133480222024-03-12T16:49:59.576-07:00The Journey to JourneymanAn Apprentice's Journal: The notes, observations, and adventures of stone carver's apprenticeship.Kyle Brendan Hubertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14818704001088940287noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867813444913348022.post-90227544987594754452011-12-15T10:41:00.000-08:002011-12-15T10:41:15.636-08:00Week Twelve<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaFF7UVPguiZrX9yCteNf7q2uNcaHfS_VKfemD3f_yaNCYQ7IP8H3-q8jRBM6T4zTJyPg7UOa5nlyVgMpFPOVTwfhyphenhyphenxnE5Mh8UrH3Fb6JnsEcWt5gCBD_tPyZcjx5RhSCDBziFCaNYmL1o/s1600/DSC01780.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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My time at Fairplay Stone Carvers has come to an end. It was exciting to be part of the many projects Nick had going on, and to even see projects such as the Bowery Bank project on to completion. I learned a lot more about the trade and am grateful for such a rare opportunity. <br />
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</tbody></table>I left right in the middle of the Dollar Bank job, and I am excited to see how that job ends up. When I left Miy stone was only about half done (looks like poor Michael is going to have to clean up my mess). <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My stone as I left it</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nick's stone</td></tr>
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It was a good thing I left when I did. Winter was beginning to make its advances on my camp. This made life a little colder and without water it was a little more difficult to live in.<br />
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</tbody></table> I began some of the detail on my Coyote skull but it still has a lot of work til completion. <br />
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Its been good Ohio, and I hope to see you again soon.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saying Goodbye to all my dear friends</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Kyle Brendan Hubertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14818704001088940287noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867813444913348022.post-57262614100193270672011-12-04T21:56:00.000-08:002011-12-04T21:56:03.366-08:00Week Eleven<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3xJL87cEeglgh5WIy4ZpXUn6SNU1Yb6PA9W21qCtVTgzsRbb2-HE91zbzQAimADdm958u8Az6o2tjraOApfhGfO-9wzIgcwQWF80Ia3NJ-N1m6caUV2WIW2JNUboeAYpWeFTI0Tq4wDQv/s1600/DSC01729.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3xJL87cEeglgh5WIy4ZpXUn6SNU1Yb6PA9W21qCtVTgzsRbb2-HE91zbzQAimADdm958u8Az6o2tjraOApfhGfO-9wzIgcwQWF80Ia3NJ-N1m6caUV2WIW2JNUboeAYpWeFTI0Tq4wDQv/s320/DSC01729.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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Second to last week of work. We are still chipping away at our columns and they are slowing taking shape. <br />
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</tbody></table>Michael has just been flying on his stone. It is has been set upright and gives the viewer a good idea of what these column bases will look like when finished.<br />
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I have been working furiously and late into the nights on my own sculpture, I really am hoping to get it complete or at least near completion by next week. I am still in the roughing out stage and I finshed roughing out the background at 2:00 A.M. last night...<br />
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This last week was much of the same. Cutting facets into my block in order to create a round surface. Trying to carve level planes is slow going for novice as myself but all this repetition is proving to be good practice.<br />
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I finally got the facets done and rounded the stone into a half cylinder<br />
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</div>I am still chipping away at my sculpture. Working my way around the coyote skull and trying to coax it out of the stone, nice'n easy like... mostly I'm just a little scared to make to many definite markings until I understand the shapes of the skull. I'm almost done with rough first layer though, and I will soon begin to bringing the details out.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mikey cutting planes with an angle grinder</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Another week of gritting our teeth and grinding away... We have to remove about two-thirds of the stone from these blocks before we will actually begin the moldings. Working with stone really exercises my patience and perseverance. The whole removal process is very slow and methodical, and can be overwhelming if looked at in its entirety. The key to keeping sanity is by going at the rock one step at a time and by focusing only on that stage. I can see now how this job isn't for everyone and I myself and am struggling to keep my spirits up..<br />
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I am currently working on cutting the shape down into a half-octagon of planes. These planes will then be cut again smaller and smaller until the edges can be rounded and a half circle is formed. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is my stone. still in the first stages of the rounding process</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nick's stone has been rounded and chamfered on one edge. </td></tr>
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My work on my sculpture has been slow but steady. I had to stop for awhile to workout a design error but am back in business. Its tricky and careful carving, and I wonder if I bit off more than I can chew with an objects as intricate and as complex as a skull. Regardless I am working furiously and spending some late nights in the shop hoping to get it done on time.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As far as I've got so far.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Kyle Brendan Hubertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14818704001088940287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867813444913348022.post-59450727970831894712011-11-13T20:42:00.000-08:002011-11-28T18:02:46.349-08:00Week EightThe Dollar Bank project is underway, and with a new job has come a whole variety of new skills to learn. Nick had worked ahead on his stone to show us what needed to be done, and it seemed simple enough..... Why does Nick always have to make things look so dang easy! even after working with stone for the last three years I can't get over how stinking hard it is. <br />
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We started out by scribing the templates onto the peices. This in itself was a task as even though the stone are supposed to be square, there is usually some part the isn't square at all. At which point, we have to play a game with levels and squares to try and find the best suited side to work from.<br />
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Once we've found a suitable side and traced the templates we begin drilling. It's slow going even with the use of hammer drills and it took two days of straight drilling to get finished.<br />
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The drilling itself was pretty fun, we'd take much care keeping the large bit level and then do the same to the other side. The goal was to keep the hole so straight that it would meet the opposite hole and make a clean connection (a difficult feat as the bit wanted to wander in the 3ft of stone).<br />
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</a>Kyle Brendan Hubertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14818704001088940287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867813444913348022.post-89710882434210663422011-11-13T20:25:00.000-08:002011-11-28T18:01:25.220-08:00Week Eight (continued)During the last month I have been doing a lot of browsing through books and searching online for some inspirational ideas for my own sculpture. A few artists really stood out to me.<br />
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Initially I wanted to carve a still life composition, and found two artist who caught my attention the first was Lon Etzel who carves Western Inspired realism (subject matter that I am quite fond of). <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCzsUdzw7dZ3lxm_yIRSVUMynJeqKOmlm9VlbxAwy_grsRosZAuECSBq8sV6rw57XA-LxX5rLbgZ895SpYr1EGdMz5JXjSsDioAqvftpSut3mbxZ1vb_p8Cq6xOHj_LSQNtLw_ZV-ETwso/s1600/DSC01521.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCzsUdzw7dZ3lxm_yIRSVUMynJeqKOmlm9VlbxAwy_grsRosZAuECSBq8sV6rw57XA-LxX5rLbgZ895SpYr1EGdMz5JXjSsDioAqvftpSut3mbxZ1vb_p8Cq6xOHj_LSQNtLw_ZV-ETwso/s320/DSC01521.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was further inspired by the detail of a designer named Grinling Gibbons.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Kyle Brendan Hubertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14818704001088940287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867813444913348022.post-50256887153768842452011-11-06T17:12:00.000-08:002011-11-06T17:12:09.922-08:00Week Seven<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFKmojfcvKU7yZEp0DsDZSoUJq9IWMMaw3t-YHm-0PI6Yr4rknFmHeaHdzi1hgHOZ0Ss9-CJtF6_1aBNxu7M82RXQLKXfRTsZh99EJ9h3Ad3EKNn8qTXudXK06l1s2iLq4rSJFxleCuXTm/s1600/DSC01502.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><br />
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</a></div>After all the crazy winter preparations, we are gratefully welcoming the coming stone work. Our next job is a restoration project for the Dollar bank in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Nick Fairplay has been commissioned to do the carving of two Lions and some column bases for the bank.<br />
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"> </table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;">Before we can do the cutting on the moldings and foliage we must get workable sized peices out of the locks that Nick got from the mills. The block must go through a long removal process starting with drilling and sawing to break off the biggest pieces of excess.</table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"> </table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nick is drilling out the center of this block where it will be put around an existing column</td></tr>
</tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"> In order to get the stone to break cleanly apart without risking the rest of the stone breaking, you have to drill rows of holes that create a weak stress line. Once the rows have been drilled you can cut the stone apart without fear of breaking. its a tedious process that requires hammer drills and huge drill bits. </table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjchRQgGNJdG8ua7EM8u_PXFmuzbCc7vaYlJa7CHfmsY_R45JxoBxg3zdqjuege4riUMP3KWJe3iWIaIZsu58Fb6OozwiLdOy0Ok1w16UHnSV0DNU2QpmNdxTarZe4cIrSUvLfu7zykez2n/s1600/DSC01505.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjchRQgGNJdG8ua7EM8u_PXFmuzbCc7vaYlJa7CHfmsY_R45JxoBxg3zdqjuege4riUMP3KWJe3iWIaIZsu58Fb6OozwiLdOy0Ok1w16UHnSV0DNU2QpmNdxTarZe4cIrSUvLfu7zykez2n/s1600/DSC01505.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjchRQgGNJdG8ua7EM8u_PXFmuzbCc7vaYlJa7CHfmsY_R45JxoBxg3zdqjuege4riUMP3KWJe3iWIaIZsu58Fb6OozwiLdOy0Ok1w16UHnSV0DNU2QpmNdxTarZe4cIrSUvLfu7zykez2n/s1600/DSC01505.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjchRQgGNJdG8ua7EM8u_PXFmuzbCc7vaYlJa7CHfmsY_R45JxoBxg3zdqjuege4riUMP3KWJe3iWIaIZsu58Fb6OozwiLdOy0Ok1w16UHnSV0DNU2QpmNdxTarZe4cIrSUvLfu7zykez2n/s320/DSC01505.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"> This stage in work is much different then the careful chiseling done while carving. This stage in the work requires hard hits and mass removal. Let the stone busting begin...</table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"> </table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;">On the side, Nick has began work on his own piece of sculpture. He's working on a black marble bust pedestal. He made a wooden frame to make his plaster mold on and is now turning the black marble on a huge stone lathe he has in his shop. <span id="goog_342482286"></span><span id="goog_342482287"></span></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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For the last week and a half we have had to put our carving on hold to make some necessary preparations for fast encroaching winter months. This includes framing, insulating and sealing the whole shop with plastic sheets. We are also setting up two wood burning stoves that will be used to heat the shop.<br />
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I hadn't any interesting photos of stone work to put up this week, so, I thought I would show and explain some of the many different chisels used. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An assortment of Nicks Chisels</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are flat chisels, they are composed of a single flat blade that adopt a variety of names and uses based on there size. For example a 3/4 in. Flat chisel is often called a drafting chisel and is used for making the initial outlines and edges of a carving. A 2 in. flat chisel is sometimes called a Drove and is used for making a flat consistent plane. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Toothed, (or Clawed) chisels are essentially scarier looking flat chisels. They are used for many of the same purposes as flat chisel but will bite deeper into the stone and remove material much faster then there corresponding flat chisels. In this photo you'll notice the chisel and the left have pointed teeth where as the chisels on the right have flat teeth. The pointed teeth are much more effective on harder dense stone such as marble, the small sharp points are all that is required to cleanly chip the desired stone off. The flattened teeth of the chisel to the right are used for softer more porous stones such as limestone. When a pointy tipped chisels is used on soft stone it has the tendency of digging deeply into the stone rather then popping the piece off. The flat teeth make stop the the teeth from poking to deep and make the cut more clean and consistent.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Points, are the real work horses of a carver when it comes to roughing out. Their sharp point efficiently focus all the energy of a mallet swing to a singe point. This causes a fracture in the stone. A few well placed strikes on a point are capable of removing a large chunk of stone with little time. The sharp tipped points are best used on a dense stone like marble</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bull-nosed chisels are basically flat chisel with a rounded end. Their round end diverts energy from the hammer blow in many direction rather then just straight forward as seen in flat chisels. Because of the wide radius of destruction these little babies are capable of, they aren't always best for planing or careful drafting but they do a mean job in removing mass quantities of stone. Bull-nosed chisels are also useful in carving the interior of curved cuts and can be an effective solution to some awkward carving angles. </td></tr>
</tbody></table>Kyle Brendan Hubertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14818704001088940287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867813444913348022.post-56179281655669498102011-10-22T16:50:00.000-07:002011-10-22T16:51:21.606-07:00Week Five<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq9fzAgUtkjQDpDG3jDqmQ18pAkBdNTwz1sDJDnyxL282GJllDr3JgmV8tsG7Da8sVOoIgpLZ9UUfFhyLAeaNEtXk9x-qrHNTgG_J97MsZe4xvctbj58XJR0nDKmDbZP2eJwAvRXadsZu6/s1600/101_1613.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> I have finished carving the fox and the foliage and the last two panels are almost done. We are now adding the final touches on the pieces before they are crated and shipped to New York.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I had the pleasure of seeing a familiar face this weekend. My dad had driven from Chicago to pay me a visit. He camped out with me in the topper and was able to see what my life was like in Ohio. (P.s. Thanks Mom for the care package, I ate the entire pan of bars this week)</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">With the Bowery Bank job nearing completion, Nick has set me to work on the next project in the queue. Nick has been commissioned to carve two massive sandstone lions for the Dollar Bank in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Michael and Nick have already worked quite a bit on the Lions themselves, but I will be put to work carving the molding and the foliage for the bases that the lions are set on. The first step in this process that I am involved in is making templates. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nick showing me how to us a beam compass. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nick drawing molding for the template</td></tr>
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</a></div>Kyle Brendan Hubertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14818704001088940287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867813444913348022.post-29852659302141980782011-10-22T16:08:00.000-07:002011-10-22T16:08:07.321-07:00Week Four<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> This week Nick took Michael and I to the Oberlin College Library to see about repairing some damage. This little field trip was an opportunity to see some local sculpture. Inside the library were two beautiful marble statues. We marveled at the care put into carving of the chair, the carpet, and the woman’s gown and drapery. It’s in the seemingly insignificant parts of a piece that its quality is shown, and the skill of a carver is demonstrated in the fine details of a piece. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">We are still working on the carved panels, and finally, they are nearing completion. There will be twelve panels in all, making up four columns of three panels each. We currently have ten complete and Michael and Nick will be finishing the carvings of the other two by next week. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO9eaS3rzdUbDUJNEhjehXuB4ewHFcxu6W06XJ_qIqG80OeO0LICN8D2UeayEyB6Ne1lJY0C4T3NljUXWV7s_glBFGiAez5NV-vzHCfPK7L6VBkBPqzA8cSV2mNh9XguTqM_qVNDwYIN4A/s1600/DSC01484.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO9eaS3rzdUbDUJNEhjehXuB4ewHFcxu6W06XJ_qIqG80OeO0LICN8D2UeayEyB6Ne1lJY0C4T3NljUXWV7s_glBFGiAez5NV-vzHCfPK7L6VBkBPqzA8cSV2mNh9XguTqM_qVNDwYIN4A/s320/DSC01484.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Up until this week I have only carved the back the backgrounds and foliage, but I am now working on carving one of the characters, A fox holding a ball (The significance of the symbolism in this carving is unknown to me). The trick to carving the characters is really in being able to see the piece three dimensionally, and as in drawing, sculpting is not so much about the physical movement of the hand as it is<span> </span>exercising the eyes in seeing. I am still having trouble “seeing” in three dimensions and need practice in order to gain confidence. Another aspect that makes carving the fox more difficult than the foliage is that with organic shapes such as leaves and vines you have some ability to mask a mistake (ah…..not that I have ever actually done this…) by changing the appearance of the leaf itself, but with faces and body parts there is less room for mistakes.. Apprehensively, and with some direction from Nick, I was slowly able to chip away the excess stone and Start seeing the fox.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4vQPq7wHyxYibwVhqwYyYsEKF69pgu9CM6XOqUsFkd0POd_oSKGbbvXrdcpMB63cP85gESIjQ00VsleGoudujK-oHXW12nlcruhk74qn346pKdxwJsWADTzRwKCzuA_4wZ-tPY1qD4oml/s1600/DSC01465.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4vQPq7wHyxYibwVhqwYyYsEKF69pgu9CM6XOqUsFkd0POd_oSKGbbvXrdcpMB63cP85gESIjQ00VsleGoudujK-oHXW12nlcruhk74qn346pKdxwJsWADTzRwKCzuA_4wZ-tPY1qD4oml/s320/DSC01465.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div>Kyle Brendan Hubertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14818704001088940287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867813444913348022.post-51716074605967905332011-10-05T20:06:00.000-07:002011-10-05T20:07:18.655-07:00Week ThreeMy third week of work is underway, and I am beginning to get the hang of things. I am learning the lay of the workshop and am becoming more comfortable with the routine. Most importantly, I am finally remembering to put the tea kettle on at 10:00 every morning. Nick drinks tea religiously and I (as the new guy I'm assuming) must see to it that kettle is put on. This was the first responsibility I was given and Nick sees to it that I don't forget it. He never ceases to remind me of the morning Tea Break with a witty remark such as: "Hey Kyle what letter comes after 'S' again?" or "Hey Kyle, have you ever played golf? what are the sticks you put the ball on called?". <br />
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I was able to finish the foliage of my first stone last week, but have a lot of work left.<br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> After completing the foliage of my first stone, I started my second one. These stones will be stacked on one another to create four decorative columns that surround the doorway of the Bowery Bank in New York City. Restoration work of this nature make up a lot of a stonecarvers work.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drawing the Template for my second piece</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cut back the first level</td></tr>
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Tuesday morning I woke up got ready for my first day of work and at 8:00A.M. met Nick and my new coworker Michael Romanin in the shop. He showed me the stones that we would be working on; traced a template on one of them; hooked up an air hammer and went right to work. I observed as he masterfully controlled and maneuvered the foreign tool. He demonstrated what I was to do and set me up with a stone of my own. Once he selected a suitable air hammer for he went back to his stone and left me to battle it with this clumsy. for the rest of the day I awkwardly worked the airhammer as best I could and gradually made slow progress. <br />
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The pneumatic air hammer has relatively recently been adopted into the trade. It became popular in the late 1880's with introduction of steam powered air compressors. This hand tool can be difficult to master and takes as much or more concentration then the well known mallet and chisel. The benifit of the tool is its ability to remove stone very rapidly. I am still trying to get the hang of air hammers and can tell its going to be a long hard battle. My current incling is to drop this palpating beast of a tool and pick up the much friendly mallet and chiself that I used with Jean.<br />
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For the next few days I followed Nick's lead staying a few steps behind him in the removal of stone. and could slowly see the forms take shape. While carving we followed the Greek method of carving relief. This included cutting all of the backgrounds back to the desired depth and blocking out the shapes in the foreground. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tracing the second level of carving</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cutting second layer back to depth.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Kyle Brendan Hubertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14818704001088940287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867813444913348022.post-21595223944706080782011-09-14T17:26:00.000-07:002011-10-17T19:23:30.514-07:00My Journey Begins<div class="MsoNormal">September 16<sup>th</sup> 2011</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">My work with stone began three years ago under French stone carver Jean Pierre Jacquet. While working with Jean I was exposed to many aspects of the trade, and was given the opportunity to help with the drafting, cutting, carving, moving, and installing of many different projects. It is still unclear to me whether or not I will pursue stone carving as my career for the rest of my life. It’s a trade that promises hard heavy work, a humble lifestyle, inconsistent work periods, and little financial security. I am hesitant to jump headlong into such a future. And yet, I’ve somehow caught the bug as many before me and have decided to nurture this strange interest in stone a bit longer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZdJplke5TkwqpfEIBfR3eVy_YGXSZ4q8F0KbvZO8osNhwGAin1WXSOCqU1onyhv72Mb_IGYR951KK8b18w7DB3M9p7FSX-56TPXYOB-q-DeZYzp7aDAUyA9RdlKPyUjQyq0MduH2nmT1t/s1600/Kyle%252C+Lakeland+Project+03.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZdJplke5TkwqpfEIBfR3eVy_YGXSZ4q8F0KbvZO8osNhwGAin1WXSOCqU1onyhv72Mb_IGYR951KK8b18w7DB3M9p7FSX-56TPXYOB-q-DeZYzp7aDAUyA9RdlKPyUjQyq0MduH2nmT1t/s320/Kyle%252C+Lakeland+Project+03.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> <i> Jean and I working on a limestone fireplace in 2009</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I came to the conclusion earlier this year that if I was to continue with stone I would need a more consistent and focused environment to work. I searched a bit online and asked around but couldn’t find much in stone carving (as far as formal education went). It was in this pursuit that my error was revealed. Stone carving is not a trade that is learned in the conventional classroom, or given openly by paid instructors, but rather, it is a trade the must be stolen from the master. Every move the master makes must be replicated, and an observant eye must always be ready to steal the tricks of the trade. Throughout history this burglary has been the work of apprentices and I hope to continue in this theft. In the words of Picasso <i><span class="st">“<wbr></wbr><i>Good artists borrow</i>; great artists steal,”.</span></i> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">In 2009, While working for Jean, I had the opportunity of joining him at the Stone Carvers Guild annual meeting. While there I was able to build relationships with some carvers and join the guild as a general member. I was hoping this new resource would open doors to potential study and work opportunities in the future. This endeavor proved fruitful as Nicholas Fairplay, an English stone carver contacted me this summer and offered me a job. I jumped on this opportunity, bought a truck, packed my camper and began my journey.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Upon leaving home, my first destination was Sparkill, New York, where the Stone Carvers Guild annual meeting was held this year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4u-HA1bBI-Qx_lqD-UJt_1EWM89dS2C1DRlf8QDfnJpbjlQ3mhq8GJXYoTQE88wbB20FM75j6JxspK98_finsBsbmrP_slZkjOZHjbxMNl8d7C4sbeguiXUboS5s8Et3-uUlnGIh9j9Q/s1600/DSC01362.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4u-HA1bBI-Qx_lqD-UJt_1EWM89dS2C1DRlf8QDfnJpbjlQ3mhq8GJXYoTQE88wbB20FM75j6JxspK98_finsBsbmrP_slZkjOZHjbxMNl8d7C4sbeguiXUboS5s8Et3-uUlnGIh9j9Q/s320/DSC01362.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> <i> Stone Carvers Guild Meeting 2011</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
The stone carvers guild began. To the untrained eye there may not have been anything particularly note worthy about the group of predominantly older men, but to me this curios crowd offered an extraordinary wealth of knowledge. Before me were master carvers of all persuasions; traditionally trained, Italian marble sculptors’; Indiana Limestone cutters; English carvers; professional masons; masterful artists; and the nicest group of Texan carvers you’d ever meet (not to mention a whole array of exceptional beards and mustaches.) The meeting was productive, enlightening, and jump started my excitement for the next step of my journey. Next stop Fairplay stone carvers in Oberlin, Ohio..... </div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This chicken became quite the celebrity to the stone carvers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amy Brier Working on some Lettering</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My brother Aaron was able to come down for the Guild meeting.</td></tr>
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