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Looks good but not quite enough detailed, technical information on the materials and the processs - for those of us who wish to create these statues.

Thank you so much! I am making a mold of a very large sculpture to be cast in concrete. Could you connect me with the team you worked with or would you consider providing an over the phone advisory session to get me off in the right direction? Thank you!

It's the unforgiving nature of stone sculpture that amazes and terrifies me. You take a little bit too much off in one place and you've ruined the whole sculpture. Somehow you have to know and experience the body you are sculpting from the inside - the flesh, the blood, the bones, the sinews . . .

This is a beautiful video of a tree having its "second life" as one artist says. Another artist says it is like The Giving Tree from the book of the same name; it is giving its all to the people around it that love it. Another said it is still trying to give us a way to help the climate. The synergy of the artists has created a representation of all that Ragdale represents as well - diversity and energy of many artists working on expressing their creativity so that the world can experience it all. Thank you.

Thank you, Jyl, for sharing your technique. I will now get some engraving points. May the sun shine through your brilliant tribute to Athena for a thousand years.

October 2024, I move to Pietrasanta. Grazie mille mia amica Jyl!

Perfect ( Art takes time ) Love that !!!

I sometimes see people sharing images of old statues where the figure appears to be covered in material. People assume this is exceptionally hard but while it’s a lovely effect I always imagine that its actually more forgiving than carving the features that the material is covering. That said, I'm not an expert so there could be something I’m missing. The details in this video suggest that I’m on the right track though. If you messed up those hands, you have potentially ruined the sculpture. If they were covered with material then you might mess up a crease in the fabric but then you could more easily reimagine how the creases in the fabric are falling.

If Hephaestus himself came down from Mount Olympus and crafted you a chisel your carving would still be shit

Amazing and incredible work. i want to ask a question and would be grateful if you can answer. i sometimes make medium size concrete sculptures with white cement mixed with masonry or Mortar but the sculptures crack from some points after few days of watering and curring . I would appretiate if you can respond on that :)

You are totally awesome ❤

Very good video thank you

Ewww, just ewwwww

Why does it have the face of an ape? Is that too symbolize some regression of man or something? Athena is a Greek goddess not an Asian one. So why make her everything but Greek?

Hey look, that's the way the ancient Greeks did it. Except they used wax not rubber. Nope, not at all how the Greeks did it. They covered a body with wax then cut it away. Then filled the mold with marble dust which gets harder and harder

When he mentions sculptures made by ‘robots’, does he mean carvers using power tools instead of manual chisels ? It would have been great seeing these robots sculpting the marble he was talking about.

Oh my, I'm speechless. So very happy for you to be able to accomplish such amazing work. Your blood is now literally in your work. It is forever. Thank you for sharing your experience. I am so thrilled to have, just by chance, run across the video. Thanks again Jyl and many triumphs in the future. Fondly, Nancy and Ron Bonaguro

Truly an amazing and beautiful place. I've always had a fascination for stone and I am in awe as to what an artist can do with it. I have only met one sculptor (in southern Indiana), he made his work look so easy. The stone so smooth. The huge rock turned into beauty. Yes, I can feel your wanting to sculpt. Thank you for an exceptional film. Good luck in your future endeavors. NB Corydon, IN

Wow, I am very impressed with your sculpting abilities, and casting abilities also, plus your zero wast outlook on recycling the marble dust!

You are an absolute bad ass! You inspire me.

Estupendo! Maravilla! Gracias.

insulting.

It seems they are lesbians....

As usual I really enjoyed your video. Good luck and keep on going. Love your sculptures-Joyce Selander

What kind of paint?

The long and winding road….., Be well

This is incredible work! So nice to see behind the scenes and how it's actually done. You are an amazing talent. Thank you!

Beautiful work, and beautiful message!

I was so excited to see a new video from you in my notifications Jyl! Your wing sculpture series is a not only a feast for the eyes, but touches my soul. I've been in awe of the innate beauty and power of wings since I was a little girl. Growing up I was a competitive gymnast, spending countless hours in the gym honing my ability to "fly" ...higher and higher. I found my desire to take flight only grew stronger over time. Your sculptures truly capture my lifelong reverence for wings....miraculously powerful aerodynamic engineering, ingeniously hidden in delicate beauty. BRAVO Jyl!! ~~Christy~~

This beautiful woman is awesome I love her work her statue of real women welldone.She lifecast them I'm kidding ClassA work.

Hey question for you. Is there a way to cast the concrete and sculpt from that instead of sculpting in clay and making a mold? Sorry if this is a dumb question

Just discovered your channel. Do you ever work the cement directly on the armature just like the clay

Nice work, thanks for showing.there is a sculpture here in ireland which comemerates the kindness of the choctaw people to the irish famine relief during the great hunger in 1847 its titled Kindred spirit

nude is not art!

Super cool to see your process, love concrete sculpture work and look forward to seeing it in person!

Very nice. Thanks for showing us your process.

That beautiful lady needs some gold leaf vanes running down her body. I was wandering why blue and not white? But now I know Lapis lazuli. Stunning.

Days away from completion.....

Bravo

A nice thing to do with the marble waste. 👍 I think the mould the guy made wasn’t well executed, I’ve no idea why he thought he needed 6 parts , totally not necessary with silicone. You should’ve used fibreglass for the jacket , it’s lighter and more durable over time. Just laminate straight over the silicone applying a gel coat first. The joins could’ve been formed when applying the silicone , not cut with a knife afterwards, this might be suitable in other applications, but not this. The amount of flash lines you had to clean was a nightmare. I think the guy was probably more used to making plaster piece moulds.

Why not just do the the base and surround it in screen and then do the outterblayer in concrete

I just discovered your work. What a gifted artist, and thank you for generously sharing these incredible tips!! Wishing you the best.

This is a truly amazing documentary film, great job and thanks for making this for the world. People have no clue about this stuff

Let's go zero waste by using more material, electricity and create more waste. Great idea!!

You have skills, but speaking as a working sculptor for thirty plus years, you need to study proper anatomy and forms, especially of the head and face. Your school training must have been lacking in fundamental principles, but this is sadly not uncommon. I feel the need to say this because I don't think that you are hearing proper constructive criticism and it's stifling your growth as an artist. No hate or shade. My father worked in marble and I know how challenging it is. The positive comments from well-meaning viewers of your content are coming from people unable to perceive what skilled artisans see. I made the greatest strides in my work following true but often stinging criticism from others. It may not seem like it, but my comment is an attempt to help, as you seem like a nice person with the ability to grow.

A lot of work for one copy!

Nice video got to be a bucket lister for everyone of us stone carvers to go here

What did you construct the moles out of?

How long did the whole process from buying the stone to getting the finished product to it's location as well as everything in between take?

Proportion is all wrong. When you sculpt in marble you do not sculpt reality rather you sculpt the Ideal. Between these two even the slightest tendency towards the Ideal reveals the essence of sculpting in marble.