The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1868-08-05

4 ScruToz'S "FIS1SHTSs'' PzocES-A
letter from Fioreacs, Published in the Boston
Advertiser, describes the studios Of the artists
in tasE city, and gives tire following account
Of Hiram Powers processes:
Mr. Powers uoE ucdsis al his statues in
plaster for his bzsss. be still ESSs cinnamon
coloreG American cay. As the greater part
of tke latter are portraits. 10 Be steadily
worked upoa Until finished and ez<t. there
are 10. the sane difficulties 10 encounter A.
in modelling 4 statue; bur the th01Eht fre-
gcsntly occurred 10 hin that il would be in
fufrely more eoavenis1t 20 work IN plaster
altogether. Blsss with the uost in6ouiizble
Perseverance, and patieuce. aftsr once satisfy
fux himself that 4 thing Is possible. no
amognE Of labor Is sufficient TO deter him,
and Any uz1bSr Of f4il1rss serve but 10 en-
Courage hin 10 WOrk on Until be has sEe-
ceete3 in his aim
Atjoi1in< his studio he has 4 little machine
sh0p. in which, when weary with studio Ia
boTs, he pdSses Elduy hours working cut
soOs of the uznE inVe1tious 10 Wkich his
fertile brain has given birth he makes al
Tx Instruments and tools Ehich h- uses in
hi SJulil, ard which are Of 6ne StsSl- light
an1 delicate, Instead OF the rstEsr clumsy
wooden ores in general use He confessed
and the fkcIltieS be lad for making such IN
str1z<nts from tine TO tine, ss he required,
be should EsTsr have hse1 able to carry the
ices cf modelling IN plaster 10 perfection, and
that il WaS BOT AZ al Ekely 10 Be adopted by
others. oGr that sov be had OTereoUe al The
obstacles, he f51nd II STssi advantage He
car throw down his tools at night and lsave
his statue for an indefinite psrioS-faE years,
II as ch0os<s-thsu taking then up agsia,
ca1Gsues AZ the vsrE spot lie lei, 10 -oTk
upon il again
The rrocess, a. he explained IL WIS Very
fzEs1iuC<. and i1sergsciEE TO uS He frst
IrTz1rss tie lines of hiS Ezure on his NOVA
biz platform CT ir0u hdrS ard rO6<- these he
EI<Ssaz fruly together III pL1cs, ard tErs h1s
his sks1eto1; he then mixes his plaster,
veich. before Il / hard, he cats or grasses
into bl0ekS q ii6ers5s Shapes and sins,
szeh IL ke roEs he viii REQUIRE IEen,
Wien rheF are kdri he 1-r11-gS them a his
skslsIn1- enEpIsfgIy EIsteziz- then toeether
Nth moist plEs-er. Ehich Ehsu Il ketS."
forms cue sold Mss us iS the1 fI<ki0ued
iaso 4 ss1hkf1cs 0f the future statue zith
EoTe moist plaster, and ths1 BE gyss OF
from ouz PROCESS to another, Thieh co1l1
never. in this litter, give Al idea Of Until the
esa1Eitzl thing dPpreaehsS completion he
kas1 pruesefssit slowly hzt satisfactorily p 20
thai point. Eae1 Is truz5leS coUUeEceG
zzzE- He f11zd thai h1EeTgr sharp
k1ise- eEiseI, Cr EhIs not he used Il dEish
irg, tiny tits E01E ersak out- q chip CT,
1sSrr1yi1a- rl1= teaz-F Of TIE SErfEee-
AzEr uaEh couEiter1fio1 he tecided that
the 0ulv way TO finish TIS by l=inE fI=s
CT v1ri11z shapes ard sLzes- He had fo1Ed
thg Et.a- frufy- bZt n Ike theF elO-Eed 80
fEzs Eifh the El1e-s31zs that kz e11lE E1Se
h1e slow progress IheR Il 0ce1rTEst 10 hin
that theT u1zs BE oPe1 GIe-flez with !
hclt tehiEi sstch roc-k for tie 1zz1 10 PASS
shru1<a az6 EEu CT de 1lE6e tEsE- and
theF E1rxzs5 Ike ! efdru- ! sIE g1KEtifIes
of than lying ahozz- q ETsET sizz ard shape
-eu-Te15 strziEtt brad z1rTEz. some
Eizh kslss the sEzz Ct 4 shat. othess ith0ss
used II the very lss ID put q tlz 6zs- skia-
EkE tgzt1Ez-i a f1s a. the sFs q a Eeel.ls-
Sc1e ar< u FEzh fsrvErI simply, ctksEz
ozEy 10 draw taeEEIris =C1e take oa the
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s1ss liz hhCsz WIKI Fs-f-s1 e1s.., and az Eis
I-izzrg- The Arms Ezf had ars ElsteEec On
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