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title: "Shamir I — making a marble sculpture | Miha Plohl"
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[Shamir I & II](<https://manitu.si/shamir/>) / Original film

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# Shamir I — making a marble sculpture

[Shamir I — making a marble sculpture](<https://manitu.si/assets/shamir/making-i.mp4>)

Original silent footage of Shamir I taking shape in Miha Plohl’s workshop. Tools, marble carving and the gradual emergence of a sculptural form.

By Miha Plohl · First published on manitu.si: 2026-10-30  · [Download MP4](<https://manitu.si/assets/shamir/making-i.mp4>)

[Enquire about a sculpture commission](<https://manitu.si/shamir/#contact>)[The Shamir story, photographs and sculptures](<https://manitu.si/shamir/>)

## More films of Shamir I and II

- [Shamir I — rotating marble sculpture](<https://manitu.si/shamir/videos/rotation-i/>)

- [Shamir II — rotating black marble sculpture](<https://manitu.si/shamir/videos/rotation-ii/>)

- [Shamir II — carving black marble](<https://manitu.si/shamir/videos/making-ii/>)

- [Shamir I — a form emerges](<https://manitu.si/shamir/videos/timelapse-i-a/>)

- [Shamir I — core drilling](<https://manitu.si/shamir/videos/timelapse-i-b/>)

- [Shamir II — working the stone](<https://manitu.si/shamir/videos/timelapse-ii-a/>)

- [Shamir II — a wider workshop view](<https://manitu.si/shamir/videos/timelapse-ii-b/>)

- [Shamir I — the sculpture’s hidden space](<https://manitu.si/shamir/videos/detail-i/>)

- [Shamir II — a closer look at the making](<https://manitu.si/shamir/videos/workshop-ii-close/>)

[Human-readable version](<https://manitu.si/shamir/videos/making-i/>)