Relief

Relief Tanya Russell HERE

Giambattista Foggini [Italian Baroque Era Sculptor, 1652-1725] c.1675 marble sculpture

Lettering is only a small part of a gravestone design. Almost all of my headstones incorporate a small carving of a symbol or motif. Choosing a symbol is often difficult and may be inspired by something your loved one was passionate about or simply an image from nature. Here are some symbols from my headstones which I hope will inspire you.

The polychromed sculpture bas-relief depicts Christ's Resurrection.

These walls are anything but plain or boring.

Bas-relief sculpture in modern-day interior design. New on the blog: read about Scagliola, a malleable material that makes for very intricate design details.

Ceramic sculpture of drapery called Ink in Water/Smoke 2009, 25" x 13" x 3"

Desiderio da Settignamo, Attributed Italian (Florence) Dark gray sandstone Toledo Museum of Art In the 1800's this was considered a masterpiece by the Donatello, but by the mid-20th century had been demoted to a late 19th-century forgery. Recent scholarship has stated the sculpture as a work of art from the Renaissance. The subject of the relief sculpture, has too been wrongly identified. Once thought to represent the Virgin Mary, Saint Catherine, or Saint Cecilia, the figure, crowned with…

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