Sculpture "Little Elephant", bronze version
Sculpture "Little Elephant", bronze version
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ars mundi Exclusive Edition | limited, 199 copies | numbered | signed | hallmarked | certificate | bronze | chiselled | polished | patinated | size 19.5 x 16 x 22 cm (h/w/d) | weight 3.2 kg
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Sculpture "Little Elephant", bronze version
Jagna Weber rediscovers contemporary animal sculptures in the style of Constantin Brancusi, Franz Marc and Ewald Matarée. She abstracts the forms, reduces the lines to the essence of the model and at the same time manages to hold a warming connection to the viewer.
"Little Elephant": Born big yet vulnerable for a long time. There is still plenty of room in the skin in which an elephant is growing up.
Fine bronze sculpture, cast using the Lost-Wax-Process, chiselled, polished and patinated by hand. Limited edition of 199 copies, numbered, signed and hallmarked with the foundry and ars mundi stamp. With numbered certificate of authenticity and limitation. Size 19.5 x 16 x 22 cm (h/w/d). Weight 3.2 kg. ars mundi Exclusive Edition.
Producer: ars mundi Edition Max Büchner GmbH, Bödekerstraße 13, 30161 Hanover, Germany, [email protected]
Customer reviews
Wunderschön, ein Hingucker!
Eine sehr schöne und gelungene Tierskulptur. Der kleine Elefant ist ein echter Hingucker. Die Größe ist perfekt um ihn auf einem Sideboard zu platzieren.
About Jagna Weber
Jagna Weber, born in Düsseldorf, Germany, in 1962, studied at the Kunsthochschule in Kassel from 1987 to 1993 with the professors Manfred Bluth and Kurt Haug. Her first exhibitions, initially in the Hessian region, followed immediately. Very quickly, however, her works were in demand both nationally and internationally, and as early as 2001, Weber reached the final round of the International Sculpture Biennale in Toyamura, Japan. Since then, her works have been closely followed by art connoisseurs at home and abroad.
Weber is a versatile sculptor who has mastered various areas of sculptural art. Her original animal sculptures, for which she does not abandon the figurative, even slightly abstracting the model, always attract particular interest. In this way, she always captures the "essence" of the animal depicted, even inscribing a "personality" on it in a thoroughly humorous way.
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.
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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.
A plastic work of sculptural art made of wood, stone, ivory, bronze or other metals.
While sculptures made of wood, ivory, or stone are carved directly from the material block, 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.