MetaFilter posts tagged with Bronze

"There dwell the Sea King and his subjects."

Fizz — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 07:22:20 -0800

The Danish sculptor Jens Galschiot will sink his statue of Hans Christian Andersen into Odense Harbor this Saturday, and pull it out again next year on Andersen’s birthday. The Guardian "Artist Jens Galschiot's bronze sculpture of the fairytale author has stood in Odense town square for the last five years. According to Galschiot, the city was planning to make it part of The Storyteller's Fountain, a larger sculpture intended to be placed in the centre of Odense, honouring the Danish author by recreating the stories he wrote."

Sukhi Barber

homunculus — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:22:37 -0800

Sukhi Barber: Beauty & Emptiness. [Via]

Bronze Age Sword Making

bwg — Wed, 04 May 2011 18:00:17 -0800

From liquid fire to metal sword, in a couple of minutes. SLYT, 3.14.

Soup up.

jocelmeow — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:19:50 -0800

Should-we-eat-it-filter: A 2,400-year-old vat of soup has been discovered in China. Archaeologists discovered the vessel, containing liquid and bones, in a tomb near the ancient capital of Xian. The bronze container is believed to have turned the soup green...although it seems like being unrefrigerated for 2,400 years could have contributed to that.

David Goode bronze sculpture

various — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:22:08 -0800

David Goode bronze sculpture

Making Statues

dame — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:12:04 -0800

Making the Sculpture. Tom Otterness, the guy behind those sculptures that make riding the A almost bearable (aka Life Underground), explains how bronze casting is done in a way even an idjit like me can understand.

African art

nickyskye — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:18:15 -0800

Much of the extraordinary variety of traditional art from Africa comes from the countries in West and Central Africa, because of the availability of wood (often called exotic woods) and metal. Hamill Gallery has organized their excellent site to show the materials, including textiles, metals, beads used, as well as the names of the many tribes and categories, such as animals. The images are accompanied by information about the art. The Yale University Art Gallery also has a nice selection of African art with information. The Africa Image Library offers an archive of images, which give a little backdrop to the lives and environment of the artists and artisans in various parts of Africa. African Wood Figures / Fetishes / Dolls and Puppets Google book: African Sculpture By the late Ladislas Segy, who was a pioneer among Westerners writing about the meanings and ritual uses of West African art and gallery owner Traditional African art created before 1955 is considered "old", and usually quite costly, because many of the materials used, such as wood or barkcloth, were subject to decay by weather and bugs. [This was told to me by Merton Simpson.] African Art history resources on the web

Unrecoverable.

Count — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:03:18 -0800

John Waddell went to show his friends his latest masterpiece "The Gathering" only to find it stolen. Bronze statues can take Waddell 10 years to create and the piece was worth $384,000. The statues which made up the piece weighed between 750 lb - 1500 lb which could make the thieves up to $32,000 from the scrap metal, a minor fraction of their real worth. It is not the first time thieves have used art for scrap metal.

Art for a Sunday

Gator — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 09:36:22 -0800

Two completely dissimilar yet nifty artists: The twisted ink drawings of Jon Kuta (big enough to make desktops; Flash interface), and the fabulously lifelike driftwood and bronze sculptures of Heather Jansch (she really likes horses. Warning: you'll have to side-scroll).

Fake Bronze, Fake Dong

tpoh.org — Sun, 29 Jun 2003 22:02:49 -0800

Man Sells Fake Bronze, Gets Paid With Fake Cash. From the You-Can't-Trust-Anyone-Anymore Dept.: "A Vietnamese man who used cow fat and paint to pass off a lump of iron as valuable black bronze found buyers, but was paid in counterfeit bills."

BarneyFifesBullet — Wed, 20 Mar 2002 23:58:11 -0800

This a bronze sculpted bust of President Ronald Reagan that Arnold Schwarzenegger commisioned.Did he get his money's worth?