Thank you

The architects Reginald Kunzelmann and Renzo Ravagnan in front of the relief.

We wish to express our gratitude for this opportunity to all of the people involved in Backnang: Dr. Roland Idler, Christa Breuninger, Reginald Kunzelmann and Gunther Wolf. A special thank you to Renzo Ravagnan of the Istituto Veneto per i beni culturali. Without his generous support this project would not have been possible.

A happy Gunther Wolf and Reginald Kunzelmann have come to pick up the work to deliver it to Backnang.

August 30, 2011. Here we are with the completed work!

The three panels are placed together.

Here the third panel nears completion. Next this will be placed next to the other panels.

The left and center panels are worked together.

In the final week of work the panels are placed upright next to one another under the best lighting conditions.

Here we see the left panel nearing completion next to the plaster model.

The left panel is getting close to being finished. At this stage I am carefully studying the subtle shadows. These need to be in harmony with the forms on the other two panels. In our studio the morning light is the best. In the afternoon the light reflects off the floor and makes it difficult to see the forms of the sculpture.

Roberto Bertotto works on the drapery on the center panel. In the background we can see the left panel is being worked separately.

Here is another view of the fitting of the three panels together.

The three panels are fit together and now we begin the stage of the final finishing work.

Fitting the pieces

Once the individual panels are near completion it is time to fit them together. In an effort to try and hide the line of separation between the panels I decided to carve an inlay where the figures covered this line.

Center panel

In this image we can see that the center panel is being further refined with even more points. Once all the points are carved we can begin working the sculpture by eye.