Film · 2026 · 0 min 31 s
The longer of the two workshop films, because carving is slow. A ring of form on the floor, a relief cut into material that has to stay wet, and then the last stage — water, ladders and cloth, taking two steel pieces down to a mirror finish.
Four clips, and the first two are the same kind of work: material being taken away by hand. The first is a ring, on the floor, with two people working around it.
The second is a relief cut into a wall of wet clay. The spray bottle in the frame is part of the work: the surface has to stay workable while the tool is in it. The round window is what lights the top of the frame.
The last two clips are the other end of the work. Two people on ladders take a tall steel piece down with water and cloth; a metre away the same operation is happening on a form big enough to walk around. Steel keeps every mark it is given, which is why this stage is done last, by hand, and slowly.
The last clip is the same operation up close: a cloth, a hand, and a surface that shows the whole room back while it is being worked.
