Rob and Nick Carter

RN1014
Bronze Heron
2016
bronze, silver-plated
33 × 27 × 21 in | 84 × 69 × 53 cmedition of 3 + 2 artists’ proofs
base 22 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 13 1/4 in | 57 × 3.2 × 34 cm
after Jacob de Gheyn III (1596-1641)
A bird moving fiercely to the attack, c.1625
pen and brown ink on light-brown paper
18 1/8 × 13 3/8 in | 46 × 34 cm
Private collection

Bronze Heron was 3D modeled solely using de Gheyn’s image as a reference. 2D scans of real feathers were used to generate the textures and produce a print from a Polyamida 3D printer. This print was then moulded and cast using a lost wax process. Bronze Heron was silver-plated and finished by hand.