Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/26

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Subject: Re: A chisel is a chisel, or is it?
From: Joe Berenbaum <joe-b@dircon.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 17:48:27 GMT

At 09:25 26/11/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>>I feel that owning Michaelangelo's chisel would not make one a great
>scupturer.<< 
> 
>But surely even Michaelangelo had a number of chisels of different 
>sizes, widths and shapes.  As a master craftsmen he most certainly knew 
>which chisel worked best with different types of stone, and for giving 
>different texture or form etc. 
>He may even have had a favorite chisel made at the until recently 
>undiscovered Chiselwerks GMBH in Wetzlar.  In fact, a little known fact 
>is that Michaelangelo has recently been credited with being the first 
>artist to utilize bokeh in sculpture.
>On that note
>Duane Birkey

In fact it's easy to get "good bokeh" in sculpture- just use a wide chisel
in low light...

Joe Berenbaum