![]() ![]() Sculpted from travertine, its buffed beige surface is striated with white marbling that recalls veins and musculature, as if flayed. One result of her stone carving classes is a life-size representation of her nude, supine body. It was partly a practical decision-she could carve outdoors and without assistance from others-and partly proof of her yen for centuries-old craft traditions, having already trained in glassblowing, lost-wax bronze casting, lacemaking, and rope making. ![]() At the height of the shelter-in-place mandates in 2020, the Los Angeles–based artist Kelly Akashi began learning stone carving. ![]()
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