Arts
In part 2 of the Istari episode, we talked briefly about stone carving and the Lizzadro Museum. Erica got really excited about it, so we decided to go and record a little bit afterwards, and this is the result. While it's only tangentially related to Tolkien, it's kind of in our nature to just go where the conversation takes us. This time we did that pretty literally, and we wanted to include you in this tangent just like we include you in our tangents during our discussions about Tolkien. We start off by recapping our visit briefly, then we talk about azurite and the Blue Istari statue from Shadow of Mordor, and we finish by discussing visiting the museum. We'll be talking less about rocks and more about Tolkien again next time. See you then! References: All music is by the amazing Doctor Turtle. Website for the Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art A video about Jade Carving using modern techniques. Keep in mind the The Blue Azurite Figurine of the Two Istari would have been carved with hand tools, and the stuff in the Lizzadro museum would have been carved with hand tools or as show in in this video from the Lizzadro's website.