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E. Carroll Hale START TO FINISH: Steps along the way to completing a sculptural commission
8. The start of covering the armatures with plastilene. Patrick (who is applying the plastilene) is about 6' tall. Note how small the figure of St. Paul appears in relationship to Patrick. The statue of St. Paul is actually life-size. According to biblical accounts he was "a man of three cubits" - that is, 4'6". I had originally made the armature for St. Peter about 5'5". The disparity in size made the group look like a man and a boy. As a result, I shrank St. Peter to about 5'. GO TO A SPECIFIC IMAGE: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 |
