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legendarytragedynacho · 3 months

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Victor Noir's grave in Père - Lachaise cemetery by Patrick Magaud, 1984.

Noir is perhaps more famous for his death and grave than work.

He was a journalist who was shot dead; the grave consists of a full-sized bronze statue of the man laying down as if he was just shot.

The statue became a fertility symbol - the story says those who kiss the statue on the lips, leave a flower in Victor's hat and rub the genital area will find themselves with enhanced fertility, a great sex life or find a husband within one year. The lips and trousers' bulge on the grave are noticeably shiny from people kissing and rubbing them.

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#victor noir #cemetery #patrick magaud #sculpture #bronze sculpture #statue #bronze statue #urban legends #art #over k

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h00f · 3 months

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T4TM (Theseus4TheMinotaur)

lost wax cast bronze, patina & paste wax

2023

(process photos & info under cut <3)

my minotaur boy!! pls click on the photos for higher res! my thesis is focusing on trans men and creatures (how original ik) and this was last semester's final. i spent a lot of time looking at sculptures of the theseus/minotaur story, and yknow? a LOT of them are erotic! i'm pretty sure i saw some of them on tumblr a decade ago, and that's led to this now!

as you'll notice, the minotaur has a big t-dick! i wanted to give him breasts and an enlarged clitoris to present a very masculine trans figure. the boy on the bottom is also trans because i say so . the piece is about looking up to older, bigger, hairier trans men and seeing something awe-inspiring and beautiful. the minotaur was locked up by a cruel father for being different, and i think modern adaptations tend towards a sympathetic asterion (his name in one version)

making this piece was. so much effort. it took me about 3 months to get it all together - from clay model (plasticine) to 3D print to silicone mold to wax cast, and finally bronze pour into the shell mold. and then a TON of filing, sanding, dremel-ing, and various other metalworking techniques that probably took years off my life.

i started with sketches and made theeeeeee ugliest model ever:

then used a 3D scanner to get it digital, then spent a goooood month or two making him pretty in blender! then i spent an agonizing few weeks trying to get it print-ready, and fiiiiiinally did

^^^ an early resin printed draft of the model - you can see in the final that i added lots to theseus after some feedback, but sadly the nosering broke off every time i cast it so i just. let that be <3

then came the moldmaking, and then the wax dipping!! the yellow stuff is shell mold (ground up ceramic bits and algae soup, sticks to the wax, then silica sand in varying sizes on top) which gets the wax melted out, and bronze poured in!

then it's all metalworking, cutting stuff off, and working with hot metal. they don't tell you about all the bronze dust and how annoying it gets wearing a respirator AND goggles. but it is for me health, me boy. here's him all cleaned up before the patina:

and then i spray him down with various chemicals to make it "patina" (aka rust) in pretty colors. wait a few days, then apply paste wax to seal it and give it that shine!

then we get what you see above!!! the blue was actually unintentional, and i'm still not super sure why it looks that way.. but it's pretty so idc <3

thanks for reading!! if you ever have any bronze/casting questions, don't hesitate to message me! <3

#artists on tumblr #bronze sculpture #sculpture #greek myth art #queer artwork #jays0n arts #trans ftm #thanks for reading if you did! i put a lot of work into this project #it's defffff not perfect but i'm proud of what i did!!#if ur curious: my next one is a werewolf w his pussy out :)

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blueiskewl · 6 months

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Etruscan Bronze Helmet in the Shape of a Wolf’s Head 6th-5th centuries BCE.

#Etruscan Bronze Helmet in the Shape of a Wolf’s Head #6th-5th centuries BCE #Wolf's Head Helmet #Head of a Boar #bronze #bronze helmet #bronze sculpture #ancient artifacts #archeology #archeolgst #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient civilizations #etruscan history #etruscan art

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eyesaremosa1cs · 5 months

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René Lalique

#art #art nouveau #art nouveau decor #art nouveau design #sculpture #decoration #lalique #rene lalique #19th century #metalwork #bronze sculpture #whimsigoth #whimsigothic #jewelry #antique #butterfly

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pagansphinx · 4 months

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Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917) • The Age of Bronze • 1877 • Alte Nationalgalerie (Old National gallery), Berlin • Behind to the right, a painting by Édouard Manet, on the left a painting by Camille Pissarro.

Left: The Model ; Right: The Plaster

#art #fine art #sculpture #bronze sculpture #rodin #auguste rodin #french artist #french sculptor #male sculpture #artist model #plaster cast #19th century european art #pagan sphinx art blog #art blog #art nude

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oliverscarlin · 1 month

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Head from a bronze statue of the Roman emperor Alexander Severus (222-235 AD) from Ryakia, Archaeologica Museum, Dion

#art history #bronze sculpture #roman art #ancient art #sculpture #bronze statue

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the-cricket-chirps · 8 months

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Sarah Bernhardt

Self-Portrait as a Chimera, Inkwell

c. 1879

Clark Art Institute Collection

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solcattus · 5 months

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The Great Martyr Barbara, 1894

By Vladimir Beklemishev

#art #fine art #classical art #classical sculpture #sculpture #russian sculptor #russian art #19th century art #bronze #bronze sculpture #religious art #saint barbara #beauty #european art

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gwleddgymreig · 4 months

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A Promise Kept by Georgia Gerber, 1999

#rabbit #statue #contemporary art #metallurgy #bronze sculpture

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sictransitgloriamvndi · 5 months

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#art #sculpture #bronze sculpture #figurative art #angels #angel of death #french art #spirituality #jules dalou aime

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earlymodernbarbie · 28 days

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Bronze statues of Juana I of Castile and Archduchess Margaret of Austria in the Empty Tomb of Emperor Maximillian I

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grinningfox · 6 months

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I debated a while about posting this. But I wanted to share the beautiful sculpt because it's a shame you literally can't find much on this statue at all.

This is a prototype bronze statue of Ratigan from The Great Mouse Detective. It is a Wolf's Head Productions of a proposed line of Disney sculptures that unfortunately got scrapped. Ratigan was sculpted by Carlo Lo Raso, where you can see his signature in the piece of one of the pictures. He did an absolutely fantastic job, and I took the piece briefly outside for detail shots (with just my cell camera, perhaps I will try with my DSLR later) so you can see the lovely work.

When he came to me he was dusty and a little dull, so he got some proper cleaning, and sits now happily on my bookshelf. He also came with the drawing I included in the shots of the pose of the sculpt.

I have no plans to sell, so please don't ask. I have paid enough to get him here. I own very little lavish things, in fact I have denied myself on countless occasions of ever spending a lot of money on things that simply sit around. But sometimes you gotta give.

I really love the artistry in the sculpt and I hope you all do, too. It's a shame these productions got scrapped and very little get to actually enjoy the pieces, so I really wanted to share some of that.

#ratigan #padraic ratigan #the great mouse detective #wolfs head productions #disney #disney sculptures #rare #bronze #bronze sculpture #carlo lo raso

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kaalbela · 4 months

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