from.. New York City
~ I present ~
Art Deco Nr D3
Modelled by Randall
Some 20-30 hours were spent directly sculpting the model in clay, and hours of additional cleanup, detailing, texturing and refining went into the model.
For size reference here is another photo
Art Deco leaf- Isadore Kaplan of the New York Architectural Terra Cotta Company designed an Art Deco "leaf" in 1928 for the well known architect George F pelham who built hundreds of buildings in New York City over his career which spanned several decades.
Models were made to be shown to the architects for approval of the designs, in many cases, especially in Pelham's case- they provided rough sketches or detailed drawings to the terra cotta company modellers to use to create these fantastic ornaments found on all of the older buildings. The photo did not say which building this eventually was installed on or if it was even approved and finally used, it will be interesting to someday discover this, but for now I will say that if it was used it likely is (or was) on a highrise Art Deco styled office or apartment building in midtown Manhattan. Below are some studio photos of my orginal clay model during it's various creation and finishing stages. These clay models are NOT molded copies taken off antiques, but were hand sculpted by Randall in the same style and configurations as 19th century and Art Deco architectural sculptures.
The new model is right in line with my personal goals as a sculptor to remain faithful to the original late artist's intent without trying to "duplicate" the design like a machine.
UrbanSculptures' designs focus on revived Victorian and Art Deco architectural designs in authentic Victorian and Art Deco styles. The Art Deco leaf is my sixth in this expanding sub-line being added to my overall architectural sculpture line-up. To my knowlege, very few sculptors today work with the Victorian and Art Deco designs except in restorations, now you too can own a copy of this which is NOT sold in stores or by anyone else.
This is not moulded from a salvaged piece, this is my own sculpture and is sold exclusively by Randall's Urban Sculptures
WEIGHT:20-25#.
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.
$65.00 + $21.00 shipping.
(prices updated Nov 2011)
