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Sculpture, Metal on Aluminium
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Flourish Imagine this design on the lawn of a corporate campus or in a public park or in front of a large public building like a art museum or a opera house. This is a maquette, a french word for model used in the sculpture world. It is used by an architect to show a client what can be done to liven up a space and separate them from others. The big advantage is if you show it raised to eye height you get the exact view as if it was built and you walked up to it. It is very hard to get that viewing experience with a drawing on a table. I have spent many years building a library of designs for Architectural sculpture to pick from. There are no compound curves in this design. That means spoon shaped forms. This means all of these elements are odd shaped boxes. These are made from flat metal sheets that are cut out and rolled to put a curve in them and welded together to make the boxes which are welded together to make the form. Sort of like making building block structures when you were a child. If you want it really big you can bolt the forms together on site. All the information to build the sculpture is in the maquette. You just measure off of the maquette by having the form scanned and the people who do the scanning run it throught the computer to give you the pattern sizes for any size you want. The metal fabricator is like the tailor who measures you and cuts out the fabric and sews the garment. If you like this piece you might like to see more. I have hundreds more in different styles and themes. Enter "Arfsten" in the search box in the upper right to see them. If you have an interest in my sculpture there is a lot of it on you tube that shows it in the round with some conversation to explain things. Search “You Tube Richard Arfsten sculpture” also Pinterest “Richard Arfsten sculpture”. I also have a lot more sculpture that I am trying to find the time to put here on Saatchi. Google Richard Arfsten sculpture and hit images on the top of the opening page.
2001
Metal on Aluminium
One-of-a-kind Artwork
7 W x 26 H x 6 D in
Not Framed
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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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