A Stone Sculptor and Banker Mason with 20 years of experience and an NVQ Level 2 from the City of Bath College, England, I live and carve at 8,000 feet in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
The Demure One / Sold / Home Page / COLLECTION SERIES MARBLE SCULPTURE BY Martin Cooney
The Demure One came along fairly early in the carving process and the experience I gained from tackling this formidable block of marble served me well in the coming months. What struck me about this block was the extreme contrast that manifested itself in such a pure white vein running its entire length, and the brutally tough granite that lay just inches below the surface.
The grayish mass of granite (cooled magma) that runs through her made for heavy and slow going. The shape? It is quite extraordinary. Well that came along and developed as I carved. At this early stage of The Maiden Collection I was engrossed by the curious liquid energy imbued into the marble courtesy of its amazing intrusions – or markings. Consequently Waves and Bowls were to steer my course throughout the 41 piece Maiden Collection, but once I had completed The Demure One I instantly recognized that I had reached a turning point from which I could now continue to build upon until every last piece of the 10 ton slab of stone was gone.
Up until the point that she sold The Demure shared a platform with Things One and Two under the banner “Wave Power, pictured above and below. So strong and powerful was their combined wave effect that I thought they illustrated the illusive wave power energy that I was in the process of discovering deep within the ten ton slab; and in doing so tells much regarding the tumultuous geological nature of Colorado’s iconic ‘State Rock’.
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COLLECTION SERIES MARBLE SCULPTURE
Carved by MARTIN COONEY
The Demure One / The Maiden Collection / Colorado Yule Marble
24.5 x 10.5 x 12” / SN120303 / Sold
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