Helle Mardahl, 2025
The Bon Bon Massive - Marble Sculpture by Helle Mardahl
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DKK 45,000
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Lead time: 8-12 weeks
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- Artist
- Helle Mardahl
- Year
- 2025
- Material
- Gallo Sienna and Botticino Marble
- Dimensions
- 486 x 104 x 103 mm.
- Edition
- 14 + 3 Artist's Proofs (AP)
- Signature
- Engraved
The work
Some examples are in stock in Copenhagen for immediate delivery; stock changes often. When an example is not in stock, the lead time is 8 to 12 weeks.
Materials and making
Hand-carved marble
Marble is worked by removal; nothing is added back. Each block is unique, and the carver reads its veining and density before the first cut. What remains is stone that has been in the ground for millions of years, shaped over months into a single, unrepeatable object.
- Material
- Gallo Sienna and Botticino Marble
- Dimensions
- 486 x 104 x 103 mm.
- Edition
- 14 + 3 Artist's Proofs (AP)
- Signature
- Engraved
01
Selecting the block
Stone is chosen from the Apuan quarries above Pietrasanta, assessed for grain, colour and freedom from flaws before work begins.
02
Roughing out
The mass is reduced toward the form using point and tooth chisels, establishing proportion and volume from the solid block.
03
Carving the detail
Master carvers refine the surface with rasp, riffler and drill, translating the artist's intent into stone by hand.
04
Finishing
The surface is worked from coarse to fine (matte, honed or polished) according to the work, revealing the marble's depth.
Made at
Massimo Galleni
Pietrasanta, Italy · Est. 1995
Massimo Galleni's studio in Pietrasanta has carved marble by hand since 1995, working in the Versilia tradition at the foot of the Apuan Alps. His team of master carvers realises sculpture with chisel, rasp and drill for leading contemporary artists.
Visit Massimo Galleni →Lead time: 8-12 weeks
The artist
Helle Mardahl
1976, Denmark · Glass, Design, Sculpture
Helle Mardahl creates hand-blown glass objects and lighting that sit between art and functional design. Her work is defined by organic, bulbous forms and a sugary palette, drawing on childhood memory and nostalgic cinematic aesthetics.
Details
- Artist
- Helle Mardahl
- Title
- The Bon Bon Massive - Marble Sculpture by Helle Mardahl
- Year
- 2025
- Material
- Gallo Sienna and Botticino Marble
- Dimensions
- 486 x 104 x 103 mm.
- Edition size
- 14 + 3 Artist's Proofs (AP)
- Signature / marking
- Engraved
- Publisher
- Edition Solenne, Copenhagen
- Primary market release
- 2025
- Acquisition
- Acquired directly from Edition Solenne
- Lead time
- 8-12 weeks
- Certificate
- Signed and numbered by the artist and publisher
- Returns
- Consumers in the EU may withdraw within 14 days of delivery, except where the work is produced to individual specification, as stated on the invoice. Contact us within 7 days if the work arrives damaged.
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