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Aztec Influence  - enlarged and displayed in a nature seting.
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Aztec Influence Sculpture

Richard Arfsten

United States

Sculpture, Bronze on Bronze

Size: 9 W x 9 H x 5 D in

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This sculpture gives me the feeling of a Aztec ruin. This bronze piece and is one of my all-time favorite designs. I made it to enlarge into a monumental size sculpture. Pie in the sky, all kinds of great dreams that never made it to the finish line. Some where it dawned on me that it was a lot smarter to make a library of small maquettes rather than a forest of big pieces. They are either too big or too small for the buyer and too hard to store and move someplace to be seen. If this sculpture interests you I have hundreds more on this site to see. Go to the bottom of this page to the right of the five examples and click the red SEE MORE ART words. This is a maquette, a small solid metal sculpture that can be used to measure off of to make a large sculpture to any size out of sheet metal. For a small additional fee you can buy the enlargement rights to have a metal fabricator of your choice build it to any size. The maquette is lightweight - it can easily be mailed anywhere. Building the enlargement close to where it is to be used saves in transportation cost and import duties and you control all the details. Maquettes also make fine desk top sculpture and will come with a stone base to sit on. There are many more pieces of sculpture that I have not had time to put here on Saatchi yet. If you google “Richard Arfsten sculptor” and hit “Images” on the top line of the opening page you will see a collection that I plan to put on Saatchi as time permits. There is also movies of many of these pieces on “You Tube Richard Arfsten sculpture” with the sculpture in a multitude of settings and verbal discussions.

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Sculpture:Bronze on Bronze

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:9 W x 9 H x 5 D in

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I have an ambitious approach to life ... and to art ... make something happen every day ... but most of all have fun doing it! A sculptor first, and now working in 2D, I do my best to do just that. Presented here are examples of some of my work. •• My sculpture runs the gamut from abstract, to figurative, to architectural. The materials and methods used are diverse ... from figures modeled in clay or wax, then cast in pewter or bronze ... to aluminum maquettes (produced by evaporative pattern casting) which serve as the 3D blueprints for the pieces that are enlarged and fabricated from sheet metal of all kinds. •• My 2D pieces range from abstract to figurative. You’ll find Originals done in oils or acrylic, one-of-a-kind monotypes, collages, mixed media paintings, and more ... I love working in all mediums. Some of my 2D work may be available as reproductions on this site. ••• MY FASCINATION WITH SCIENCE FICTION & MAKE BELIEVE - When I was in second grade, television was new and the hottest thing. The "Adventures of Flash Gordon" was my favorite program. There was only one kid in the neighborhood who had a TV. We, all the kids, gathered at his house for every episode. I was a huge fan of the characters. Flash was cool and my hero. Dale Arden was OK but Princess Aura was way cooler because she was naughty. Ming The Mercilous was very interesting. But Dr. Zarkov and his super duper telescope - that could see into time forwards and backwards, far and near - was the star of the show for me. The spaceship was really hoakey. You could see the wire that it was traveling on and the little puffs of smoke coming out of it were a joke, even for me. But the concept of the show was magical. Also at that time there were radio shows about space travel and aliens and monsters. I would listen to those shows with my grandfather as I sat on the floor next to the big wooden box radio so I could get the full impact of the sounds. •• These shows inspired me to draw spaceships, mostly "new and improved" versions of Flash's ship. I taped them all over my bedroom walls. At night I would travel with Flash. We would go to distant parts of the Universe and explore ancient ruins - like what I saw in National Geographic when I was not looking at the bare-breasted girls of exotic cultures. (I think artists and sculptors, are to a large part, voyeurs.) Those memories pop up in my art over and over. •• Faces also intrigue and inspire me.

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