A Four Piece Sculpture in White Marble

Still waiting for the new marble to be delivered to the studio, this is Italy, things happen when they happen.
I crated up my last piece, which was constructed with 4 interlocking pieces of marble. Taking it apart and reassembling is risky as marble is so easily damaged, so it will now stay crated until exhibited, whenever that might be.

This a photo of the clay original, which is only about 25cms high. 

From this I used  sheet plaster to construct a copy with all dimensions doubled.

 We had fun collecting the half ton piece of greek marble.

 It was cut into blocks.

 I proceeded to copy each gesso piece into marble,  with two extractors sucking away the dust.

 A block and tackle was essential to safely fit the pieces together.

 First fitting.

 The finished sculpture