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FAQ
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Frequently asked questions
How a bronze
sculpture is being made?
Australia has only a handful of artistic foundries dedicated to making bronze
sculpture (one in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane). As making (artistic) bronze
sculpture involves expensive specializing equipment and the whole process is
costly.
The first original form (sculpture) is made in often clay or plaster (not for
sale) which is (often) destroyed after limited edition is complete.
What is it a
“wax lost method”?
From “the original clay carving” a wax
form is taken in the foundry which
is a negative of the original clay carving. To produce a bronze the foundry
builds (for each particular piece) a special
ceramic forms. Sand is deposited
inside the “wax” which is inside the
ceramic forms then hot liquid bronze is purred into the ceramic forms.
Hot bronze melts the wax melts and replaces the wax that is why the method is
called the “lost wax method”.
How a bronze Retail Price is
structured?
The retail price of a bronze sculpture is structured that 30 percent and
sometimes up to 50 percent is the cost of making the bronze (which the artist
already paid the foundry). Hence making a bronze sculpture is a very costly
practice involving costly equipment as well as many people apart from the artist creating the work, the
intellectual property, time and work involved of making the original piece
etc…
When a limited edition is being done?
As limited edition sculpture is only produced when the artist is alive, the
artist signs and numbers individual piece. Limited edition bronze sculpture is
art investment.
Art
investment what is it mean?
Who does the colorization of a sculpture?
The patina “colorization” is done (by applying chemicals) in the foundry and the
artist is involved in the process.
What is a facsimile bronze ?
Facsimile
is a "true copy" - other words it is a
reproduction -
even making a bronze facsimile is pricey as the production process is the same.
When Facsimile is done?
Facsimile bronze
is produced after the artist pass away. By and large
Facsimiles are open
edition.
What is it "Signed in Plate"?
The signature is "in plate" after the artist passed away.
Who produce facsimiles?
On
a regular basis international museums produce facsimiles (reproductions)
and various articles with motifs from artist’s work, to sell
with the aim of covering Museum expenses including Pablo
Museu Picasso
in
Barcelona
http://www.museupicasso.bcn.es/eng/index_eng.htm
as well as the
Dali Museum
http://www.salvador-dali.org/en_index.html in
Figures. The Museum
shops sell reproductions to other galleries as well as the public at large. Also
catalogues of the exhibitions, books as well as other items like posters of
artist work, attire (T-shirts, handkerchiefs, jewellery, etc.) .
Do you know when the facsimile was produced and at what foundry?
Facsimiles are not an
investment pieces they are to be enjoyed for the fraction of the “original”
or a limited edition. Facsimile purchased at the museum shop are produced
by the museum however reproductions purchased at smaller auctions often contain
no information about the foundry/printer or when were produced. However, if the
sculpture is limited edition with a proved provenance then the price would be
much higher, a limited edition bronze of a famous departed artist of
international standing it would probably be an additional zero. |
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