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David Smith had an unusual method for developing his Cubi series. While most sculptors create small maquettes, Smith made two-dimensional stencils, emphasizing the pictorial quality of his sculptures. He would use anything from cardboard sheets to watermelon rinds to lay out assemblages, which he spray-painted in order to leave a negative that would form the outline of the work. Also unlike most artists of monumental sculpture, Smith preferred to execute his works almost single-handedly, using a welding torch to piece together geometric motifs.