They go using mallets and chisels, and ten to one they'd extend the fracture line.
"We're supposed to use chisels and other manual tools when working on the facade," he said.
The designs are commonly cut from tissue paper using a guide and small chisels, creating as many as forty banners at a time.
Using multiple chisels with differently shaped tips, the artist cuts out pieces of the paper from the stack.
Finally, he would use smooth-bladed chisels, some only half as wide as his little finger.
The first tin cans were heavy-weight containers that required ingenuity to open, using knives, chisels, or even stones.
He would use chisels with a series of finer and finer teeth to refine the work.
The bone cutting is traditionally done using special electrical saws and burs, and manual chisels.
The granite that was used was all cut by hand using chisels.
She uses chain saws the way other artists use chisels.