Sculpture "Step by Step", bronze

"Step by Step" is a playful work of art by Belgian designer Guy Buseyne. The piece expresses how great results require time and are achieved step by step. The three delicate bronze figures can be freely positioned as they are attached to the bronze rod with small magnets.

Fine bronze sculpture, patinated, cast by hand using the Lost-Wax-Process. Limited edition of 75 copies, numbered and signed, with certificate. Size 61 x 16 x 10 cm (h/w/d). Weight approx. 1.7 kg.

About Guy Buseyne

Guy Buseyne, born in 1961, has already worked as a graphic artist, furniture designer, and restorer before devoting himself to visual arts.

The Belgian focuses on people in his work. In his expressive sculptures, the artist explores the question of what makes people humane. He skilfully translates aspects such as community, trust, and conflict into sculptural scenes. Buseyne designs his figures in a very minimalist way, sometimes pushing the boundaries of abstraction. But it is precisely this reduced artistic form concept that lends his bronze sculptures great power and a universal symbolism that can easily be applied to many situations in one's own life.

His contemporary sculptures can be found, among other places, in "Ekeberg Park", a large sculpture park near Oslo.

An alloy of copper with other metals (especially with tin) used since ancient times.

When casting bronze, the artist usually applies the lost-wax technique which is dating back more than 5000 years. It's the best, but also the most complex method of producing sculptures.

First, the artist forms a model of his sculpture. It is embedded in a liquid silicone rubber mass. Once the material has solidified, the model is cut out. The liquid wax is poured into the negative mould. After cooling down, the wax cast is removed from the mould, provided with sprues and dipped into ceramic mass. The ceramic mass is hardened in a kiln, whereby the wax flows out (lost mould).

Now we finally have the negative form, into which the 1400° C hot molten bronze is poured. After the bronze had cooled down, the ceramic shell is broken off and the sculpture is revealed.

Now the sprues are removed, the surfaces are polished, patinated and numbered by the artist himself or, to his specifications, by a specialist. Thus, each casting becomes an original work.

For lower-quality bronze castings, the sand casting method is often used which, however, does not achieve the results of a more complex lost-wax technique in terms of surface characteristics and quality.

Term for an art object (sculpture, installation), which is produced in multiple copies in a limited and numbered edition according to the artist‘s will.

Artist's multiples have been called the most accessible and affordable art on the market.

A plastic work of sculptural art made of wood, stone, ivory, bronze or other metals.

While sculptures from wood, ivory or stone are made directly from the block of material, in bronze casting a working model is prepared at first. Usually, it is made of clay or other easily mouldable materials.

The prime time of sculpture after the Greek and Roman antiquity was the Renaissance. Impressionism gave a new impulse to the sculptural arts. Contemporary artists such as Jorg Immendorf, Andora, and Markus Lupertz also enriched sculptures with outstanding works.

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