He finished his first marble sculpture in 1982, then began work on La Pietà, a massive sculpture carved from a single marble block weighing 12 metric tons. (artsy.net)
DAVID BROOKS Marble Blocks - 218 lbs - or Sumatran Orangutan (Indonesia), 2014 Verde antique marble, stainless steel pins, wood crate, stencil paint, Tyvek, packing material, hardware 27 x 35 x 24 in. (jamescohan.com)
The West Rutland quarry in Vermont made extensive use of electrically operated machinery for cutting, shaping, polishing and moving marble blocks. (scientificamerican.com)