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Aztec Influence Print
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Aztec Influence - maquette. I see a Aztec influence in this design. I designed this piece for enlarging into a monumental sculpture. The maquette is a solid, cast bronze piece and is one of my all-time favorite designs. If you like this piece there are hundreds more on this site. Enter "Arfsten" in the search box in the upper right corner to see many styles and themes. The maquette is a 3-dimensional blueprint that any competent metal fabricator can build from. You would purchase the right to enlarge the work and have it made by your fabricator -- giving you the opportunity to make cost decisions, size considerations, selection of metal, etc. I would get an additional design fee, based on a percentage of the fabrication cost. This means you have eliminated the art gallery, the sales representative, and deal directly with the designer/sculptor. It is a win-win situation all the way around. You are not looking at a sketch on a piece of paper that is hard to understand. Using the maquette you view it from eye level at the height you envision it to be. In other words if you want it to be 20 feet tall on a 3-foot base you make a mark where eye level would be on the maquette. You then lift it to that level at your eye and that is exactly what it will look like in real life. This is the advantage of a maquette. Get it real close and it is just like walking up to it and around it in real life. It is designed so that all of the measurements work -- they are demonstrated in the maquette. The fabricator would use a computerized scanner to produce the exact sizes for the patterns to bend the sheet metal. It is designed without compound curves so there will be is no foundry costs for molds. The final sculpture can be fabricated from bronze, stainless steel, aluminum, steel and painted etc. The price shown is for the maquette only. The rights to enlarge the piece are available, but are NOT included in the sale price of the maquette. In order to enlarge the piece, the buyer enters into a contract with me and a fabricator of their choosing, and assumes financial responsibility for all enlargement and installation costs. I would be paid an additional design fee, based on a percentage of the total cost of the enlargement (similar to the practice used by architects). Please contact me for further information regarding enlargement.
Details & Dimensions
Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper
Size:10 W x 10 H x 0.1 D in
Size with Frame:15.25 W x 15.25 H x 1.2 D in
Frame:White
Ready to Hang:Yes
Packaging:Ships in a Box
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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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