Elle Davida from the behind, the stone revealed fabulous elements from crystaline layers to dramatic reds and browns atop translucent grays . What is remarkable was how the patterns in the stone were stratigic in placement front and back.

Carving stone was the highlight for me, the sound it makes as you file it is captivating and as a dear friend artist sculptor Ike Rosen said " stone will make a patient man out of you..." In reality day after day in returning to the stone was filled with excitment in seeing how best to refine it and make it as Michelangelo said liberate the human figure from the confining rock it is in.