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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9611772, member: 8267"]I would be more cautious about spending a lot on this because of the variety of versions found with just a basic search of the internet. The materials of the sculptures I found were identified as terracotta, plaster, and marble (in some, different colors of marble). And no information was provided about the history or artist. The descriptions are all rather vague. I would be worried about some type of mechanical/industrial reproduction going on. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are now robots that can be programmed to do all but the final finishing of marble sculptures. This would make it very feasible to turn out multiples of sculptures, and might be described as "hand carved" based on only the final finishing work.</p><p><a href="https://www.designboom.com/technology/robotor-robot-chisel-sculptures-italy-01-17-2023/#:~:text=robot%20chisel%20'Robotor'%20from%20Carrara,the%20new%20era%20of%20sculpting" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.designboom.com/technology/robotor-robot-chisel-sculptures-italy-01-17-2023/#:~:text=robot%20chisel%20'Robotor'%20from%20Carrara,the%20new%20era%20of%20sculpting" rel="nofollow">https://www.designboom.com/technology/robotor-robot-chisel-sculptures-italy-01-17-2023/#:~:text=robot chisel 'Robotor' from Carrara,the new era of sculpting</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9611772, member: 8267"]I would be more cautious about spending a lot on this because of the variety of versions found with just a basic search of the internet. The materials of the sculptures I found were identified as terracotta, plaster, and marble (in some, different colors of marble). And no information was provided about the history or artist. The descriptions are all rather vague. I would be worried about some type of mechanical/industrial reproduction going on. There are now robots that can be programmed to do all but the final finishing of marble sculptures. This would make it very feasible to turn out multiples of sculptures, and might be described as "hand carved" based on only the final finishing work. [URL]https://www.designboom.com/technology/robotor-robot-chisel-sculptures-italy-01-17-2023/#:~:text=robot%20chisel%20'Robotor'%20from%20Carrara,the%20new%20era%20of%20sculpting[/URL].[/QUOTE]
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