He passes his time by carving small wooden statues.

"People without the gift carve beautiful statues all the time," he said.

By the time he was 20, Bernini was a sculptor, carving statues out of marble.

On weekdays, workers are busy cutting granite and carving statues alongside the cathedral.

The temple itself has beautifully carved statues and designs all done using the abundantly available granite stones.

The beetles, each resting against its upright podium, might have been carved statues.

The Egyptian sculptors used them when they carved statues of the pharaohs.

Works as a cabinetmaker's apprentice and studies sculpture with a man who carves statues of saints.

It seems as if the museum may have had plans to carve statues from the blocks.

The Boa carve statues designed to ward off evil.