Garden sculpture "Goose, looking to the right", bronze
Garden sculpture "Goose, looking to the right", bronze
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limited, 100 copies | numbered | signed | bronze | chiselled | patinated | size 68 x 47 x 26 cm (h/w/d) | weight approx. 18 kg
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Garden sculpture "Goose, looking to the right", bronze
Edition in bronze, cast using the Lost-Wax-Process, chiselled and patinated by hand. Limited edition of 100 copies, numbered and signed. Size 68 x 47 x 26 cm (h/w/d). Weight approx. 18 kg.
About Hans Nübold
Hans Nübold is committed to traditional sculpture. He also allows himself excursions into modern motifs and modes of representation. Thus, his diverse oeuvre includes both lifelike animal sculptures and abstract forms such as the Möbius loop. Every kind of visual art is the creation of an illusion, he says, and for every illusion, he finds the appropriate creative form - from small sculpture to drawing and relief to large sculpture.
Hans Nübold has been working as a freelance artist for decades.
An alloy of copper with other metals (especially with tin) used since ancient times. It is an ideal metal for high-quality artistic castings, capable of enduring for millennia.
When casting bronze, the artist usually applies the lost-wax technique which is dating back more than 5000 years. This is the best, but also the most complex method of producing sculptures.
First, the artist forms a model of their work. This model is embedded in a liquid silicone rubber mass. Once the material has solidified, the model is cut out, leaving a negative mould. Liquid wax is then 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, where the wax melts away (lost mould).
Finally, the negative mould is ready, into which the 1400° C hot molten bronze is poured. After the bronze had cooled down, the ceramic shell is broken apart, reavoling the sculpture.
Next, the sprues are removed, the surfaces are polished, patinated and numbered by the artist or by a specialist, following their instructions. Thus, each casting is 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 elaborate lost-wax technique in terms of surface characteristics and quality.
Term for an art object (sculpture, installation) that, according to the artist’s intention, is produced in multiple copies within a limited and numbered edition.
Multiples enable the "democratization" of art by making the work accessible and affordable for a wider audience.