Artist Proof # 11 of 75 pieces.
Hope by Thomas Blackshear is an Artist Proof # 11 from the Startlite Originals Studio. All Starlite Originals sculptures begin from an original made of plasticine, the result of an artists' sculpting and resculpting soft clay. From these originals, first-generation models are created. Each sculpture is sectioned into a myriad of component parts and placed into molds for the creation of individual cavities. Starlite's scultptures are made from one or any combination of different materials. Such materials can be categorized by bronze, pewter, Lucite, acrylic, porcelain, resin and wood. An artist proof sculpture consists of many component pieces produced from master molds. After a time, a mold will "burn", or lose its detail. At this point, new molds are produced and first parts from these new molds are personally inspected and approved by the artisans. These personally approved sculptures, or "Artist Proofs", are used as working masters for Starlite craftsmen. The number of Artist Proof (AP) sculptures in an edition ranges from 10-15% of the edition size. Their scarcity makes them inherently more valuable and costly than their counterparts from the limited edition run (approximately 25% more). Artist proof sculptures are available for purchase. Artist proofs are numbered as follows: 11/75AP/750. This means that there are a total of 75 artist proofs (75 of 750 which is 10% of the edition.) and this particular sculpture is #11 of the 75 pieces.
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Manufacturer:
Starlite Originals |
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3550
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