pitcher

carving tool

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A pitching chisel, also known as a pitching tool, is a carving tool used to create an edge on the face of a stone. This tool is part of the broader category of carving tools used in sculpture. Sculptors use a variety of tools, depending on the material, to shape and refine their work. For stone, tools resembling steel chisels are employed. A pitcher, specifically, is a thick, chisel-like tool with a beveled edge used with a heavy hammer to break off corners and angles of a stone block, initiating the rough shaping process.12

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…block, a tool called a pitcher is driven into the surface with a heavy iron hammer. The pitcher is a thick, chisel-like tool with a wide beveled edge that breaks rather than cuts the stone. The heavy point then does the main roughing out, followed by the fine point, which…
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…block, a tool called a pitcher is driven into the surface with a heavy iron hammer. The pitcher is a thick, chisel-like tool with a wide beveled edge that breaks rather than cuts the stone. The heavy point then does the main roughing out, followed by the fine point, which…
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