claw chisel การใช้
- A toothed chisel or claw chisel has multiple gouging surfaces which create parallel lines in the stone.
- Using a claw chisel, Bernini has created large and small linear patterns across the sculpture, or hatching effect commonly seen in drawings.
- Though the tools evident here ( fine point, slope chisel, claw chisel ) are not inappropriate for a late 6th century sculpture their application might be problematic.
- Executed with only a point and claw chisel, often driven hard and with great energy, the combination helps create a sense of " surface unity " unbroken by the use of the drill.