pitcher

carving tool

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use in sculpture

  • Kara Walker: A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby
    In sculpture: Carving tools and techniques

    …block, a tool called a pitcher is driven into the surface with a heavy iron hammer. The pitcher is a thick, chisel-like tool with a wide beveled edge that breaks rather than cuts the stone. The heavy point then does the main roughing out, followed by the fine point, which…

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