“The Cathedral” by the sculptor, wood engraver and editorial illustrator James Grashow, is completely carved out of basswood. Unveiled in September, it has been one hell of a weight on his shoulders: “I never did anything like it before,” he told me.
Grashow has made mammoth pieces out of paper and cardboard. “Of course I did woodcuts, but never carved like this, [and] had to completely retool. It was a commission but it was all my idea, inspired by a now 82-year-old man (me) trying to figure out how to keep his faith alive in an increasingly chaotic world.”
It took him four years to complete. Miraculous!
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