"The Wallace Cut"
alt text
source: http://www.economist.com/news...
It took him 13 years to invent a technique of his own: the “Wallace cut”, a way of carving a human face into a precious stone. The effect is astonishing. From the back of the stone, all you can see is the curve of a nose, cheeks and hair, but from the front a detailed three dimensional face appears in portrait and in profile.
It took him 13 years to invent a technique of his own: the “Wallace cut”, a way of carving a human face into a precious stone. The effect is astonishing. From the back of the stone, all you can see is the curve of a nose, cheeks and hair, but from the front a detailed three dimensional face appears in portrait and in profile.