Olszewski Goebel Miniature "Precious" from the Women's Collection

Description: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Thank you for your interest in my listing. I appreciate your business. I'm happy to combine shipping on additional figures. Quite often the shipping fee shown is much higher than actual cost. I will happily refund any out-of-pocket costs after I ship your package. Please excuse the quality of my photos, but I am 72 years old & my hands shake quite a bit. I have tried everything to steady the camera but they usually turn out blurry after I crop & enlarge the photo. I've tried to use my camera phone but ever since my phone upgraded adding AI to it, all pictures seem to have a very blurred effect, at least to my eyes. I closed my retail store "Debi does Mini's" over 20 years ago. My store contained a mixture of miniatures, antiques, plate collections, porcelain dolls & figurines, but most importantly all were collectible by nature. I am happy to combine items for shipping, I've changed my go-to for shipping to USPS ground parcel shipping. It may take a couple extra days but it is priced by size & weight. Although it could save you money for shipping it doesn't include insurance. USPS Priority mail is quicker & does include $50.00 insurance. I'm happy to ship at your pleasure. Bob Olszewski's creation process is very unique and precise. Referred to as: Bronze cire perdue Polychromes, Or is referred to as the "Lost Wax Process". Bronze, multicolor, lost wax sculptures, art of creating art forms using metals that can be melted. The design of a sculpture or other metal designer begins with a small block of dental wax, which is sculpted using fine carving tools, when the carved figurine has been completed it can take anywhere between 100 to 400 hours. the wax sculpture is then placed inside a crucible and invested with plaster. After the plaster solidifies, it is heated, causing the wax to melt & drain out the holes put in for that purpose. The wax figurine, which took all those long hours of tedious carving to shape, is now "lost" forever, which is how the process earned its name. One of the challenges sculptors face while carving their figurines is that they must visualize how easily the production waxes can be removed from the molds. Sometimes, certain areas are so tiny that removal of the waxes is almost impossible. Jewelers use this technique for creating very expensive, one-of-a-kind pieces of jewelry, although they usually make castings in gold rather than silver or bronze. Sometimes, certain areas are so tiny or fine that removal of the waxes in one piece is almost impossible. When this occurs, the studio must decide whether to accept a high loss rate with the waxes or to re-carve the design. To better understand why using the latex mold is so difficult, take any Olszewski figurine in your hand. Observe where you can see daylight through the figurine's parts. Whenever there is space surrounded by metal, a piece of latex from the mold filled the space during the making of the production wax. On the painted figures they receive glazes and washes on certain areas. A glaze is a thinned paint that allows light to be transmitted through the color & bounced back again from the white base coat. After glazing & air drying for several days, the figurines are ready for detail painting. Much skill is required in all these painting departments to "do it right the first time." It is much easier to paint a 6" figurine than one less than an inch. Features are painted next, in this final painting step, the artisans must again cut into the previous paint. Now again the piece must air dry for several days. Final quality control, each finished figurine is carefully scrutinized for any painting imperfections so that any minor touch-ups can be made. There are 14 quality control inspections during the entire process. Finishing. The base is now polished smooth & shiny so that the trademark decal can be seen clearly. Finally, a protective protective acrylic, which acts as a semi-flexible skin, is sprayed over the entire piece. Words such as "production limited to year of issue", has only been used twice, for "The Valentine Gift" and "What Now? pendants. Only members of the Goebel Collectors Club could buy these items with a redemption card that was issued during a one year period. For pieces that will remain natural bronze, the procedure is the same minus the painting. Instead of being painted, the figurines are oxidized into a dark bronze color. Look at one of your natural bronzes & observe the golden richness of the shading, especially on "She Sounds the Deep". Note how the the heads of the fisherman are much lighter than the bottom of the boat. This shading was all done by hand. The unfinished bronze is thoroughly cleaned, de-greased, and prepared for production. The figurines are air brushed with white paint to highlight imperfections, then sent back for more grinding or buffing to eliminate the final flaws. Another coat of white paint is airbrushed on all the surfaces. Then quality control makes an inspection.

Price: 45 USD

Location: Phoenix, Arizona

End Time: 2025-01-08T08:11:18.000Z

Shipping Cost: 0 USD