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SCULPTURE RANCH
AT LE STELLE
Gualtiero Mocenni
Mocenni worked around the clock
racing against time to complete a sculpture during his stay at The Benini Foundation Galleries and Sculpture Ranch the second week in November. Upon his arrival,
Benini took Mocenni to Lampasas to acquire thick cedar boards. Working with
the dimensions of the three pieces he selected, that evening Mocenni
completed his drawings and began work, shaping, sawing, filing and sanding
the pieces. Each day he returned to the boards, stopping only for meals and a
special lecture presentation. Soon the workshop was layered with a fine cedar
dust and still he continued. Each groove, each angle received his focused
attention. A contrasting finish was selected to set off the dynamism of the
three pieces with a final wax polish to heighten the beauty of the grains.
Finally, this cedar from Texas, now a sculpture, will be secured in a
vertical position and stand in testimonial to the determination and creative
drive of a 69-year old maestro from Milano....
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