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"Hugging" - Contemporary art glass made on black crystal with a 45% lead content sculpture Pâte de Cristal.

"Signed LRC" and numbered 1/99 Limited Edition weight 876 grams.

These are the steps LRC takes to create a Pâte de Cristal Artwork using the Lost Wax Method:
- create a model from wax 
- hand build a kiln mould from plaster/silica around the wax model
- steam the wax out of the kiln mould
- weigh and clean the lead crystal, pack in a terracotta pot
- place the kiln mould in the kiln with the terracotta above
- set the kiln controller to desired firing schedule (minimum 1 week)
- unpack the kiln, discard the terracotta pot (1 use only)
- remove the mould from the glass
- grind the base by hand-lapping with four grades of grit
- soak glass in polish dip for 48 hours
- hand polishing and final stage polishing with pumice and cerium oxide
- engrave signature and number piece on the base
"Hugging" - Contemporary art glass made on black crystal with a 45% lead content sculpture Pâte de Cristal.

"Signed LRC" and numbered 1/99 Limited Edition weight 876 grams.

These are the steps LRC takes to create a Pâte de Cristal Artwork using the Lost Wax Method:
- create a model from wax 
- hand build a kiln mould from plaster/silica around the wax model
- steam the wax out of the kiln mould
- weigh and clean the lead crystal, pack in a terracotta pot
- place the kiln mould in the kiln with the terracotta above
- set the kiln controller to desired firing schedule (minimum 1 week)
- unpack the kiln, discard the terracotta pot (1 use only)
- remove the mould from the glass
- grind the base by hand-lapping with four grades of grit
- soak glass in polish dip for 48 hours
- hand polishing and final stage polishing with pumice and cerium oxide
- engrave signature and number piece on the base
"Hugging" - Contemporary art glass made on black crystal with a 45% lead content sculpture Pâte de Cristal.

"Signed LRC" and numbered 1/99 Limited Edition weight 876 grams.

These are the steps LRC takes to create a Pâte de Cristal Artwork using the Lost Wax Method:
- create a model from wax 
- hand build a kiln mould from plaster/silica around the wax model
- steam the wax out of the kiln mould
- weigh and clean the lead crystal, pack in a terracotta pot
- place the kiln mould in the kiln with the terracotta above
- set the kiln controller to desired firing schedule (minimum 1 week)
- unpack the kiln, discard the terracotta pot (1 use only)
- remove the mould from the glass
- grind the base by hand-lapping with four grades of grit
- soak glass in polish dip for 48 hours
- hand polishing and final stage polishing with pumice and cerium oxide
- engrave signature and number piece on the base
"Hugging" - Contemporary art glass made on black crystal with a 45% lead content sculpture Pâte de Cristal.

"Signed LRC" and numbered 1/99 Limited Edition weight 876 grams.

These are the steps LRC takes to create a Pâte de Cristal Artwork using the Lost Wax Method:
- create a model from wax 
- hand build a kiln mould from plaster/silica around the wax model
- steam the wax out of the kiln mould
- weigh and clean the lead crystal, pack in a terracotta pot
- place the kiln mould in the kiln with the terracotta above
- set the kiln controller to desired firing schedule (minimum 1 week)
- unpack the kiln, discard the terracotta pot (1 use only)
- remove the mould from the glass
- grind the base by hand-lapping with four grades of grit
- soak glass in polish dip for 48 hours
- hand polishing and final stage polishing with pumice and cerium oxide
- engrave signature and number piece on the base
"Hugging" - Contemporary art glass made on black crystal with a 45% lead content sculpture Pâte de Cristal.

"Signed LRC" and numbered 1/99 Limited Edition weight 876 grams.

These are the steps LRC takes to create a Pâte de Cristal Artwork using the Lost Wax Method:
- create a model from wax 
- hand build a kiln mould from plaster/silica around the wax model
- steam the wax out of the kiln mould
- weigh and clean the lead crystal, pack in a terracotta pot
- place the kiln mould in the kiln with the terracotta above
- set the kiln controller to desired firing schedule (minimum 1 week)
- unpack the kiln, discard the terracotta pot (1 use only)
- remove the mould from the glass
- grind the base by hand-lapping with four grades of grit
- soak glass in polish dip for 48 hours
- hand polishing and final stage polishing with pumice and cerium oxide
- engrave signature and number piece on the base

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"Hugging" Sculpture

Leonard Radu Chioveanu

Romania

Sculpture, Glass on Glass

Size: 2.8 W x 3.1 H x 2.8 D in

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"Hugging" - Contemporary art glass made on black crystal with a 45% lead content sculpture Pâte de Cristal. "Signed LRC" and numbered 1/99 Limited Edition weight 876 grams. These are the steps LRC takes to create a Pâte de Cristal Artwork using the Lost Wax Method: - create a model from wax - hand build a kiln mould from plaster/silica around the wax model - steam the wax out of the kiln mould - weigh and clean the lead crystal, pack in a terracotta pot - place the kiln mould in the kiln with the terracotta above - set the kiln controller to desired firing schedule (minimum 1 week) - unpack the kiln, discard the terracotta pot (1 use only) - remove the mould from the glass - grind the base by hand-lapping with four grades of grit - soak glass in polish dip for 48 hours - hand polishing and final stage polishing with pumice and cerium oxide - engrave signature and number piece on the base

DETAILS AND DIMENSIONS
Sculpture:

Glass on Glass

Original:

One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:

2.8 W x 3.1 H x 2.8 D in

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