How were sculptures made in the past (before the invention of electric and mechanical tools)?

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  1. The sculpture began with clay. At the sites of Stone Age people, archaeologists still find clay sculptures. So the first tool of the protosculptor was-fingers. And until now, in the manufacture of objects from clay, fingers are the main tool.

    And these are the tools that man has invented over the centuries of working with clay. They haven't changed much in three thousand years.

    These tools are also used for working with clay.

    And such tools were used by sculptors from antiquity to the present day to work with stone and marble. For three thousand years, nothing has changed – the chisel and hammer (mallet) are the main “creators” of all masterpieces, from “Venus de Milo “to” David ” by Michelangelo.

  2. Before the proliferation of electro-mechanical tools (and often after)) sculpture was made by casting metal or carving stone. Today, these methods also have to be in the poor south-eastern countries of Asia, and in Africa, perhaps. For direct casting, you need the heat of a blow-blown fire. Further, the sculpture is refined with various abrasives, stones, and skins. Today, this process is mechanized, indeed. Which, by the way, did not affect the quality of the sculpture for the better!) I attach a video sequence with the casting process today to understand that not much has changed :

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj8wJWa9X5k&t=47s

  3. Before mechanical tools (such as a potter's wheel, chisel, etc.), sculptures were not made.

    I have the impression that you are putting some specific meaning into the concept of “mechanical tool”.

  4. Before mechanical tools (such as a potter's wheel, chisel, etc.), sculptures were not made.

    I have the impression that you are putting some specific meaning into the concept of “mechanical tool”.

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