slabbrature sfrangiate

10:16 Mar 13 

Unravelling, Crinkled or rumpled slabs.... or even peeling slabs ? I don't think the literal translations of "sfrangiate" that we commonly use could apply to this in terms of visual description, because it looks more like slabs peeling away from the surface to me. And also, Italian has a very lyrical and pretty way of describing art , which never matches the best English way to describe it visually, which will be the case here I should think. So a short concise term like this might not work in English, without compromising some of the meaning.
What about "Crumpled, unravelling surface slabs on a sphere of...." (bearing in mind its still early morning here in UK - I could be off the mark here).

08:46 Mar 13 

one

16:13 Mar 12 

It must have been some computer glitch I'm sure, as it came through 4 or 5 times!

13:02 Mar 12 

I have just seen that. I have no idea what happened, or why that says my name. I received a second question entry in my inbox, maybe it was something to do with that, but I have no idea how that happened.

17:21 Mar 11 

be changed! Why is this? Could you change it back please?

17:19 Mar 11 

of this one so perhaps it would be best to wait for it.

17:00 Mar 11 

Piecing together the ideas of usage I have found on the web, would "frayed edges" fit with the description, or alternatively "Ragged edges"?
...... or is this regarding the process of creating it?

12:26 Mar 11 

Thanks for all your comments. This is a catalogue so I could indeed get the images. The problem is that there are several hundred of them. I will be asking for certain images but need to narrow down the number of photos I ask for. I thought that this one might be mainly an expression issue so was on hte look out for ideas. Perhaps that is not the case. I will let you know!

12:17 Mar 11 

Slabbratura is something like chipping
http://www.wordreference.com/iten/slabbratura

12:09 Mar 11 

Of course, I know how good Isabelle is. However, art descriptions may be pretty obscure, esp. when written by critics, as Isabelle well knows. Besides, the internet does not always provide visuals (if only!). Hence my comment.

11:59 Mar 11 

Isabelle is a very experienced translator, and I'm sure she's asked for pictures and tried to find them online. But yes, it is hard to do justice to the text without them.

11:52 Mar 11 

If I were you, I'd require that all the images in the catalogue be made available, for the sake of providing accurate renditions based on the artifacts, rather than written descriptions, and ultimately do justice to the artworks.
Unless your client prefers the guesswork option, that is, as then you would have to keep 'imagining' what the sculptures look like, rather than 'see' them.
After all, there's a reason why they are called 'visual' arts.

11:47 Mar 11 

10:37 Mar 11 

I'm afraid not. It is a catalogue and this is all there is.

10:36 Mar 11 

Could you provide more context or image/textual links please?