on the historic..
Chanin building...
New York City,
~ I present ~
Art Deco Panel Nr D9
Modelled by Randall
Therefore, it is understood and agreed that the FIRST purchaser of this panel should not expect to receive their shipment for approx 3-4 weeks after payment. Once the mold is made this notice is removed. As molds cost approx $300 each for materials alone, plus half a day's labor to build, doing it this way allows me to dedicate resources and time to models people are interested in that sell, without wasting time and money on expensive mold materials for models that may not sell, or which may sell slowly. Molds also have a shelf life, and being a home-based business my storage space is limited as well.
These clay models as can be seen in the above studio photo are obviously NOT simply molded off existing antique pieces, while I do have a few that are, these hand sculpted clay models are created from scratch by Randall in water clay, and take an average of 30 hours to design, set up, layout and model each one. When completed and dry, the clay models are molded, then interior cast-stone as well as concrete casts are available for clients to purchase.
SIZE: Nominal " high by " wide.
WEIGHT: Approx #
Some photos of various finishes on this;
Bright silver;
Old dirty nickel;
Dirty copper on the left, dirty bronze on the right;
These hand sculpted models are created from scratch by Randall in water based clay, and typically take an average of 20-30 hours to set up, layout and sculpt each master model.
When the clay models are finished, they are permanently captured with silicone mold compounds which can pick up even a fingerprint and faithfully transfer it to a cast made in it. From the molds, interior cast-stone as well as concrete sculptures are made available for clients to purchase.
Existing savaged pieces are limited to what happens to be for sale at high prices, often damaged, rarely found in pairs and being typically large in scale (meant to be seen from the street from 5 floors below) they are difficult to display in today's smaller homes and apartments.
Instead of making molds of these pieces, Randall creates new original models based on authentic 19th century and early 20th century Victorian, Art Deco and Louis Sullivan style architectural sculptures. While I do have a small number of older designs directly molded from antique pieces, these are being phased out over time as I create my own original models.
If you are looking for something for the garden or to build into a wall, I offer concrete as a special order item which takes approx 3 weeks. Not all pieces are available in concrete.
All of my sculptures have a heavy wire embedded on the back to hang them on the wall.
By no means! keep in mind- your walls weigh thousands of pounds and support the roof. HOWEVER- do not use plastic or self adhesive picture hangars of any kind, or try to simply put a screw into the thin sheetrock-these will not hold, and are not designed to.
Install your mounting hooks or other hangars into the solid wood STUD inside the wall, these are spaced 16" apart. You should use an anchor rated to hold at least twice the shipping weight of the sculpture.
To show what a sheetrock wall can hold, here is a photo of two shelves I installed on my bedroom wall for original sculptures that I couldn't mount any other way, the brackets are screwed into the wall studs with 3" screws. The weight for the stone and terra-cotta shown-the top shelf; 175# and 125# for the lower shelf- 300# total.
To order- interior casts are $.00 plus $.00 shipping via ground to anywhere in the lower 48 states ($.00 total)
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