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Brandon Borgelt
South Africa
Sculpture, 3d Sculpting on Bronze
Size: 53 W x 28 H x 22 D in
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This is a realistic sculpture of an African Elephant named "TIM" that lives in Amboseli Game Reserve in Kenya. He is one of the last living Big Tuskers as they are known. His tusks are 9 and 7 feet long. I chose to immortalize Tim in bronze as a tribute to him as he has had a larger than life existence with several poaching attempts on his life and a few other near death experiences. In one instance he was stuck in mud and would have died if it were not for the help of local park rangers and veterinarians. In another he was darted to remove a spear that was lodged in his ear flap. Only 15 will ever be cast in bronze, after which the molds will be destroyed.
2019
3d Sculpting on Bronze
15
53 W x 28 H x 22 D in
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Hi, I was born in Johannesburg in 1966 and grew up here. I moved to Durban at the age of 15 and and worked part time at the Dolphinarium and the Snake Park. After school I spent the next 20 years working in the wildlife industry on various game reserves and also did a couple of stints filming lions and hyenas in the Okavango Swamps and the Namib Desert. I have always dabbled in creative endeavours whether its drawing or photography but really only started sculpting in bronze in 2000. It's something that lay dormant since the age of 7 when I saw a bronze Native American which ignited the flame. I am totally self taught and have never received any formal tuition. This perhaps made my initial forays into sculpting a little clumsy but the more I sculpt, the more I evolve my techniques and ideas. My progression is very organic. My favorite subjects are the human form, African wildlife because I have spent so much time working with animals and Native American themed subjects as I have, since my earliest memories, had an acute affinity to them and their culture. Of late my creativity has exploded and I have pushed myself further and further, exploring a much looser and more organic style as I feel this adds far more character to the sculpture and engages the imagination much more deeply. It also represents my own spiritual transformation which is ever more expansive.
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