Monday morning we started with the carving work. I prepared top and bottom projection templates  of the sculpture in my London studio, they were sprayed in the correct position onto the block. It gives a good idea where to start with the cutting.

Following that , it is just very hard graft. Cutting is done with an over sized diamond cutter, the blade is water cooled, the cuts are chipped of using a sledge hammer.
This is the toughest part of the production, it is brute force and endurance, and a real test of ones will...

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