Dominican Priest 
and 
Sculptor
 Thomas McGlynn ~ The Work Begins

The Work Begins

A block of the hardest type
of white, statuary marble
was quarried near the top
of Monte Altissimo,
in the region of Versilia, Italy,
not far from Pietrasanta.

 

 

 

 

The 70,000 pound block
was then brought to the
Daprato Studios in Pietrasanta
where the carving was done.

 

 

 

 

Archbishop Camozzo of Pisa
blessed the block of marble,
the studio, the tools,
and the sculptor.

 

 

 

 

Two craftsmen,
Alfred and Caesar,
helped remove 50,000
pounds of marble.

 

 

 

 

Actual carving began September 25, 1956 and was unassisted, because the forms were sought directly in the marble.

1. Dominican Priest and Sculptor Thomas McGlynn ~ Foreword
2. Dominican Priest and Sculptor Thomas McGlynn ~ The Man
3. Dominican Priest
and 
Sculptor
 Thomas McGlynn ~ The Artist
4. Dominican Priest
 and 
Sculptor 
Thomas McGlynn ~ Sculpting Our Lady of Fatima
5. Dominican Priest 
and 
Sculptor
 Thomas McGlynn ~ The Work Begins
6. Dominican Priest
 and 
Sculptor
 Thomas McGlynn ~ The Studio at Pietrasanta
7. Dominican Priest
 and 
Sculptor
 Thomas McGlynn ~ Moving the Statue
8. Dominican Priest
 and 
Sculptor
 Thomas McGlynn ~ In Place
9. Dominican Priest and Scupltor Thomas McGlynn ~ Selected Works of Thomas McGlynn I
10. Dominican Priest and Scupltor Thomas McGlynn ~ Selected Works of Thomas McGlynn II
11. Dominican Priest and Scupltor Thomas McGlynn ~ Selected Works of Thomas McGlynn III
12. Dominican Priest and Scupltor Thomas McGlynn ~ Selected Works of Thomas McGlynn IV
13. Dominican Priest and Scupltor Thomas McGlynn ~ Selected Works of Thomas McGlynn V
14. Dominican Priest and Scupltor Thomas McGlynn ~ A McGlynn Album