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In Puerto Rico, There was a controversy with duplicarvers.
Some Santeros or Saint-makers were flooding festivals with tons of santos that look very similar. They were selling their carvings cheaper that other artist who brought just a few pieces. Late in the day there was a lot of talking about them using duplicators. A lot of people (specially carvers) where very upset about it. Now I beleive in Hand Carving but I pull out my Dremmel every now and them for some detailing. But Duplicators? I do not know. I talk to the artist about this issue in a later time and he told me that in fact he use duplicator to rough-carve the pieces from pieces he previously made. He then said that he will carve the details himself and give the piece to his daughter to paint. Oh, he signs the pieces. I guess is the eternal battle between capitalism and art. My point is How Duplicators work?
How do you guys feel about the '1 of 1000' issue.?
I guess if I were trying to make a living out of carving Saint I might have to do it. ???
Some Santeros or Saint-makers were flooding festivals with tons of santos that look very similar. They were selling their carvings cheaper that other artist who brought just a few pieces. Late in the day there was a lot of talking about them using duplicators. A lot of people (specially carvers) where very upset about it. Now I beleive in Hand Carving but I pull out my Dremmel every now and them for some detailing. But Duplicators? I do not know. I talk to the artist about this issue in a later time and he told me that in fact he use duplicator to rough-carve the pieces from pieces he previously made. He then said that he will carve the details himself and give the piece to his daughter to paint. Oh, he signs the pieces. I guess is the eternal battle between capitalism and art. My point is How Duplicators work?
How do you guys feel about the '1 of 1000' issue.?
I guess if I were trying to make a living out of carving Saint I might have to do it. ???
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