Garden sculpture "Couple with Flute" (without pedestal), bronze
Garden sculpture "Couple with Flute" (without pedestal), bronze
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limited, 150 copies | numbered | signed | bronze | hand-chased and hand-patinated | size 70 x 49 x 48 cm (h/w/d) | weight approx. 22.5 kg
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Garden sculpture "Couple with Flute" (without pedestal), bronze
Pawel Andryszewski's sculptural work is of almost highly realistic accuracy, which cannot be denied in this series of works of children playing music. Only practice makes perfect - and the help of the big brother.
Sculpture in bronze, cast using the Lost-Wax-Process, chiselled and patinated by hand. Limited edition 150 copies, numbered and signed. Size 70 x 49 x 48 cm (h/w/d). Weight approx. 22.5 kg. Without pedestal.
Producer: ars mundi Edition Max Büchner GmbH, Bödekerstraße 13, 30161 Hanover, Germany Email: info@arsmundi.de
About Pawel Andryszewski
Pawel Andryszewski was born in 1964 in Poznan, Poland and attended the Poznan State Secondary School of Fine Arts from 1978 to 1984. He continued with studies in painting, graphics and sculpture at the Art Academy Poznan from 1984 to 1990. Even as a young student and before graduating in sculpture and small sculptural forms, Andryszewski received his first awards. Since 1992, he has been working as a freelance artist.
The broad artistic spectrum that became evident during his early years at the art academy has persisted in Andryszewski's work to this day. He is equally active in the fields of drawing, painting and sculpture, with an increasing focus on working with the material bronze. His sculptural work is of highly realistic accuracy.
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.