Sculptures

 

Rob and Nick Carter

Transforming

RN1014
Bronze Heron
2016

Rob and Nick Carter - RN1014, Bronze Heron, 2016 · © Copyright 2023

bronze, silver-plated

33 × 27 × 21 in | 84 × 69 × 53 cm

edition 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.



Rob and Nick Carter - RN1014, Bronze Heron, 2016 · © Copyright 2023
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