She described her use of robotics to Caltech magazine, and how the technological sophistication of the carving process was consistent with a tradition of innovation in marble sculpture:Rarely does someone just start chipping away in stone. Think about Michelangelo; he submerged his wax model of David in water, exposing it layer by layer and carving the marble to match the emerging figure. Three hundred years later, Antonio Canova perfected the pointing machine to transfer exact points from a model onto marble, followed by Benjamin Cheverton’s patented 3-D pantograph. Only by using technology could I make the diaphanous solid and the intangible permanent.Following the robot carving phase, the work required four weeks of hand sculpting and finishing to complete.
