Photosculpture
A Parisian process patented by François Willème in 1860. Dozens of cameras photographed a sitter at once, and the silhouettes guided a pantograph-carved clay statuette, which gave a lifelike miniature at lower cost.
Spot it
- 01Small molded statuette
- 02Faceted silhouette edges
- 03Matte terracotta surface
Why it happens
Twenty-four cameras around the sitter record profiles from all angles, and each silhouette is traced to cut a layered clay form that merges into a three-dimensional likeness.
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