Eoghan Daltun

Having completed his cottage, Eoghan made straight for Carrara, Italy, where he learned his craft — and much more besides. This small town in the foothills of the Apuan Alps in the north of Tuscany has attracted sculptors since Roman times on account of the quality of the marble in the many surrounding quarries. Michelangelo, Bernini, Canova and many others frequented the place over the centuries, often living and working in what remains a sculptors′ Mecca to the present day. Carrara became home for Eoghan for the next seven years, a period spent immersing himself in Italian culture, language and, above all, in sculpture. The process began with a nine-month intensive course in the techniques of carving marble and stone sculpture at the Scuola del Marmo, followed by a similar period acquiring further carving skills in a professional workshop environment at Nicoli Sculpture Studios. He afterwards decided to broaden his knowledge by attending a four-year multi-disciplinary course in the Conservation and Restoration of Stone and Marble Sculpture at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara, run in collaboration with the world-famous Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence.