St. Joseph, the Carpenter

Our Lady of Mercy commissioned me to create the Virgin Annunciate and St. Joseph the Carpenter for their new sanctuary. I had already sculpted the fourteen Stations of the Cross in bas-relief collaboratively with another sculptor for the parish. While the clay sculptures were articulated in my Frederick,Maryland studio, the plaster casts were sent to marble carving studios to be copied, per Renaissance tradition. I subcontracted with carver Malcolm Harlow, who had worked at the Washington National Cathedral, for the sculpture of the Virgin Mary.

After completing the Virgin Annunciate, I worked on the sculpture of St. Joseph, the Carpenter, first in clay, then had it cast in plaster. I sent the plaster cast to Studio Antognazzi in Pietrasanta Italy to be carved in marble.  I worked with an international shipping company and an import agent to get the marble to the United States. Once it cleared customs, the installation crew was ready at the shipyard and we installed the sculpture at Our Lady of Mercy.