The specific grain of the wood guides the sculptor to work with his material accordingly.

雕刻家是沿着特定的木头的纹理而雕刻的。

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A common block of wood became a wonderful work of art through the careful and precise carving of this Sculptor.

一块平常的木头，经过这位雕刻家的精雕细刻，成了一件绝妙艺术品。

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Then, with his knife, he began to carve all sorts of objects in wood ; it was thus that Pinelli, the famous sculptor, had commenced.

然后他又用小刀来雕刻各样的木头东西，大名鼎鼎的雕刻家庇尼里也就是这样开始的。

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Enter Marlin Miller, a wood sculptor from Fort Walton Beach, Florida, who volunteered to create a few live oak sculptures for free -- in part to leave his artistic mark on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, but also as a service to the community.

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Meanwhile, the Ashmolean Museum, also in Oxford, has a tiny show of Brazilian baroque art, including expressive wood carvings by a legendary 18th-century mulatto sculptor who was nicknamed O Aleijadinho, the Little Cripple, because in later life he became so disfigured by disease that his assistants had to strap his tools to his wrists.

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But the sculptor isn't about to turn out tableaux in stone or wood anytime soon.

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