on a historic..
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Art Deco public school
~ I present ~
Art deco Panel Nr 98
by Randall
This school is known as the Herman Ridder Junior High School, located at 1619 Boston Rd, Walter C Martin [Arch. 1929-1931] and is designated a city landmark today.
I created my version of this attractive sculpture in clay and worked on this over several weeks as the clay went through it's various stages towards drying out. The school's panels are some 6 feet tall, a little large to display on the wall in a home, and this is my reduced scale design.
The Old Limestone Grey is a good finish for this and is the default unless ordered with another choice.
As Cynthia said when sending the photos before the pool was completely finished; "See what you think of it so far....neighbors are wild about the deco panels! Absolutely love them!"
WEIGHT:around 22#.
Shipping is flat rate (interior cast-stone ONLY), anywhere in the lower 48 states $21
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 the Interior version use this button to order.
$62.00 + $21.00 shipping.
