Today we had the opening for the gallery show for all the pieces, which all look amazing. They will stay on display in Pietrasanta until September, when mine and the rest of the ones from ASU will be freight shipped back to Phoenix, where we will hopefully have another exhibition to show them at the university.
View upon entering gallery (my piece is the first on the right)
Details of my piece
View from back of gallery
Food line at stand outside of gallery. We were all able to hang out and talk for several hours, which ended when the big Italy-Germany game started, since it seems like everyone in the whole town was determined to watch it!
I am going to miss everyone so much, and I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to travel to Italy to carve marble.
Digital Stone Project Summer 2016
Sunday, July 3, 2016
Friday, July 1, 2016
Pietrasanta
Today we arrived in Pietrasanta, a small town near the Mediterranean Sea where our sculptures will be put on display. When we got here (after our bus got a flat tire on the freeway), we were able to see the gallery space where our pieces will be set up. Afterwards, we toured a foundry where they make bronze sculptures. We then had some free time to wander around the center of Pietrasanta before heading to the monastery where some of us are staying. It has been refurbished to be more like a hostel, but much of the original architecture is still in place. We each get our own little room, but we all share a bathroom. After staying at the hotel for a bit, we were able to go see a business that creates marble sculptures based on both contemporary and ancient designs.
Tomorrow I will get to see what my sculpture looks like when it's installed in the gallery. I am very excited.
My sculpture set outside gallery
Outside the foundry
Working with wax at the foundry
Center square in Pietrasanta
Hallway in monastery
Stairwell in monastery
My room at monastery
Work in progress at marble sculpting business
Plaster casts that are used as references for marble sculptures
Tomorrow I will get to see what my sculpture looks like when it's installed in the gallery. I am very excited.
My sculpture set outside gallery
Outside the foundry
Working with wax at the foundry
Center square in Pietrasanta
Hallway in monastery
Stairwell in monastery
My room at monastery
Work in progress at marble sculpting business
Plaster casts that are used as references for marble sculptures
Thursday, June 30, 2016
Finished
Today was the last day of working. My sculpture is all polished, wrapped up, and placed on the moving truck. Tomorrow morning we will be leaving for Pietrasanta, where we will be staying in a monastery for two nights while the gallery display for our pieces is set up. In case someone wants to purchase one of the pieces, we have to start thinking about how we should price them.
Finished!
Wrapped up for safety
Transporting
Even more wrapping for safety
Waiting for pick-up with other sculptures
Loaded onto truck
Finished!
Wrapped up for safety
Transporting
Even more wrapping for safety
Waiting for pick-up with other sculptures
Loaded onto truck
Sunday, June 26, 2016
Florence
We got to take a day trip to Florence, which has some of the best art in Italy. We mostly looked at outdoor sculptures, since the lines to get into the museums were very long and we didn't have a lot of time there. There were also a lot of outdoor markets that were fun to walk through.
Florence streets
Cathedral
Door
Interior
Contemporary art installation
Bridge
Italy themed artwork painted on wall of Disney store
(sadly, they had no special Italy themed merchandise)
Florence streets
Cathedral
Door
Interior
Contemporary art installation
Bridge
Italy themed artwork painted on wall of Disney store
(sadly, they had no special Italy themed merchandise)
Friday, June 24, 2016
Picture Day!
We still have a little under a week to go, but today was picture day for the brochure that will be put out to advertise the show at the end of our time here. Mine isn't quite done yet, but it looks very nice.
Transporting piece to take photograph
pictures I took while the professional photographer was taking pics
Transporting piece to take photograph
pictures I took while the professional photographer was taking pics
Sunday, June 19, 2016
Stone Update
Friday, June 17, 2016
The Past Few Days
The past few days we have been doing a lot of stone carving (obviously). We also went out for special dinners the last two nights. The first night was a large sit-down meal followed by chestnut-nutella pancakes and karaoke / interpretive dance. This most recent night has been a small meal of assorted snacks and games of pool.
Tomorrow there is supposed to be a town music festival near where we are stone carving, so that should be interesting.
More notes:
We keep hearing this one super catchy song everywhere we go. It’s in Italian, but I’m pretty sure the chorus is “Queen Sophia” repeated several times.
Italians really like thinly sliced salted meats. Like… a LOT.
Everyone is getting along very well. There has been no major arguments or interpersonal drama.
There was a storm so bad last night that several of the tents that are set up over the stone-carving area blew over. In addition, the umbrella on our balcony snapped, so the hotel manager had to come and replace it.
broken umbrella on balcony
After we did laundry (this was the day before yesterday), we had to hang our stuff outside to dry. One of my shirts fell onto the balcony below us (yellow blob is my shirt). Fortunately, the cleaning lady was able to retrieve it for us the next day.
pretty sky
first dinner out
town where we had second dinner out
Tomorrow there is supposed to be a town music festival near where we are stone carving, so that should be interesting.
More notes:
We keep hearing this one super catchy song everywhere we go. It’s in Italian, but I’m pretty sure the chorus is “Queen Sophia” repeated several times.
Italians really like thinly sliced salted meats. Like… a LOT.
Everyone is getting along very well. There has been no major arguments or interpersonal drama.
There was a storm so bad last night that several of the tents that are set up over the stone-carving area blew over. In addition, the umbrella on our balcony snapped, so the hotel manager had to come and replace it.
broken umbrella on balcony
After we did laundry (this was the day before yesterday), we had to hang our stuff outside to dry. One of my shirts fell onto the balcony below us (yellow blob is my shirt). Fortunately, the cleaning lady was able to retrieve it for us the next day.
pretty sky
first dinner out
town where we had second dinner out
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