Carving a Marble Face with Traditional Tools // Eyes Nose Mouth // Modern Athena Sculpture

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After the rough carving of the face and head, additional details for the eyes, nose and mouth are found using traditional tools like the hammer and chisel. Jyl Bonaguro, a contemporary sculptor, is demonstrating how to carve a marble face with traditional tools such as the tooth chisel, the point chisel, flat chisel, engraving knives and diamond rasps in her stone sculpture. The Modern Athena sculpture has a slight smile meant to be inclusive and welcoming, the figure of a powerful woman embracing the world’s potential for good, rather than rejecting it as unsalvageable.

"Over twenty years ago, I dreamed of carving a female figure of major stature - a Modern Athena on the scale of Michelangelo’s David out of a single block of marble. It seemed an impossible dream. However, in 2014, a friend offered me some blocks of marble and I began teaching myself how to carve stone. In the ensuing years, I have exhibited and sold works nationally and internationally, along with completing residencies in Italy and Greece. I am currently carving a small scale version and releasing weekly progress videos on social media. The Modern Athena sculpture is about breaking limitations, for myself and anyone." - Jyl Bonaguro

Episode #18 Carving a Marble Face - Eyes Nose Mouth // Modern Athena Sculpture featuring Sculptor Jyl Bonaguro