The enlargement of a sculpture from a smaller model, requiring proportional systems to transfer dimensions from one scale to another.
Copia da modello in scala ridotta is the process of producing a larger sculpture from a smaller model. Le voci del marmo introduces this as a distinct workflow before block reduction and roughing.
Because the model and stone differ in scale, measurements must be converted through a proportional system rather than transferred directly.
Etymology
Italian: “copy from a reduced-scale model.”
Sculptor Notes
Enlargement is not merely multiplication. At larger scale, tool access, stone structure, viewing distance, and optical correction may require decisions that were invisible in the small model.
References
https://levocidelmarmo.sns.it/lista_video.php