COLLECTION SERIES MARBLE SCULPTURE

Carved by MARTIN COONEY 

The Mountains of Moab / 1314 Winter Collection / Colorado Yule Marble

36 x 7 x 4″ / 27.4 lbs / SN131101 / $1,150

This Carving is Currently Displayed at THE KMJ Stoneworks

Located across from the airport and fronting Highway 82

111 Aspen Airport Business Center, Suite D, Aspen, Colorado 81611

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Given that I employ the direct method of carving marble, seldom if ever has a rough block presented its original closer to the finished article than the Mountains of Moab.  Under normal circumstances, once a rough block has been established, either by splitting or circumstance,  I find myself called upon to stare deep into the stone in order to picture the sculpture that I aim to carve.

Splitting the rough block for Troglodyte Cloister and Curvilinear Campfire

Nothing of the sort transpired with the Mountains of Moab. Amazingly the entire outline of the carving was produced with a single blow upon my carefully placed wedges, placed in position to split the stone.  In other words, the Mountains of Moab outline is brought to you courtesy of a single blow of my mallet.  Meaning that the crowns of the ‘mountains’ actually represent the point where my plug and feather wedges cleaved this piece from another, larger, block.

The moment I laid eyes upon this piece my mind immediately returned to a family trip to Utah whereby a distinctly memorable set of mountains conspired to frame a spectacular set of memories.

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My role upon realizing the remarkable similarity of the rough stone that dropped into my lap was to leave the peaks just as they were, and carve the three hidden valleys to within half-to-a-quarter inch from the base of the sculpture, your job is to find all sorts of interesting and fun things to do with them.

You can fill them with water land float a few candles, light them from underneath to make the ‘lakes’ glow translucent.  Or you can save your your favorite seashells for them next time at the beach, use them to cradle tea lights and votives, burn incense or fill them with beautiful colored sand or pebbles.  I’m sure you will adopt your own adaption; but you see how really useful this unassuming carving can be – not just pretty to look at, but a practical, functioning three sectioned bowl, if you look at it that way.

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COLLECTION SERIES MARBLE SCULPTURE

Carved by MARTIN COONEY 

The Mountains of Moab / 1314 Winter Collection / Colorado Yule Marble

36 x 7 x 4″ / 27.4 lbs / SN131101 / $1,150

This Carving is Currently Displayed at THE KMJ Stoneworks

Located across from the airport and fronting Highway 82

111 Aspen Airport Business Center, Suite D, Aspen, Colorado 81611

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