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Recommendations for enthusiastic sculptors

ByKoen van Velzen 25-04-201307-02-2026

For the one who wants to learn sculpture in stone, nothing beats doing it yourself.  But if you want to deepen your knowledge, then these books can be useful to learn sculpting:

learning sculpture with The Complete Beeldhouwboek of Cami and Santamera

The complete book of sculpting

Camí Santamera (Josepmaria Teixido i Camí/Jacinto Chicarro Santamera) Cantecleer Baarn, 2001.
ISBN 90-213-3126-8 / 90-439-1253-0
A clear record of good shots and a lot of explanation about different movements and techniques to learn stone sculpture, for example direct carving, copying with the "pointing machine", enlarge and various methods of copying models in stone.Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, will be pursued by the adipiscing developer. Aenean diam pain, layer but makeup or, proteins and timing.

Der Steinmetz und Steinbildhauer 1

Only available for second -hand, See Boekwinkeltjes.nl

Der Steinmetz und Steinbildhauer 1

Only available for second -hand, See Boekwinkeltjes.nl

Letter Carving in Stone

at. The sculpture store

Beeldhouwen in steen

‘Beeldhouwen in steen‘
in pdf (Please note: 129 Mb!) or
as an epub (7 Mb)

John Wilkes: Flowforms

At bol.com, among others

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