SYLACAUGA, Ala. – This year’s visiting sculptor from Pietrasanta, Italy, is Georg Viktor. He’s a delightful mix of someone who could be your friendly next-door neighbor and a wise, old-fashioned master, practicing his craft more deliberately than most, preferring a hammer and chisel over power tools.
He speaks and understands English better than most visitors and thrives on striking up conversations with onlookers, which usually begin with a playful warning as he waves his chisel with a big smile:
“Step back a bit. I make marble fly with this!”
Meet Georg, who promises to be a crowd favorite as he creates his version of a minotaur in marble.
The Magic of Marble Festival continues through Saturday, April 18, with complete information on all the related activities on-site in Sylacauga’s Central Park, under the green tent, manned by informative volunteers, as well as inside the B.B. Comer Memorial Library.
