Historical clue formulations

• Work in clay or marble — 2022-04-25
• Make a bust, say — 2022-04-24
• Shape — 2021-12-12
• Bulk up, as muscles — 2021-02-10
• Cut decoratively — 2008-06-22
• Work on a column — 2005-10-22
• Make a bust, maybe — 1999-11-05
• Emulate Isamu Noguchi — 1998-03-08