Medium
Bronze Minimalist Abstract Garden sculpture, for Outdoors Outside In the Garden Yard or Park by the Artist and Inventor Richard Austin
These are cast in Reinforced Bronze using a method invented by Richasrd Austin which he explains below. It is a brilliant idea meaning you can have a big bronze sculpture for a fraction of the cost of a conventional casting.
see what he writes below…..
Antius BronzeTM
Antius BronzeTM is a unique material developed in 2004 by sculptor Richard Austin, it was developed during a time when hundreds of cast bronze sculptures were being stolen due to the high scrap value of the metal. It was developed to provide an alternative to foundry bronze. A material that looks, feels and is as strong as foundry bronze but at a fraction of the cost!
The important Benefit.
By commissioning a work created in Antius BronzeTM the Value of the finished sculpture is all in the visual aesthetic of the work, not in the scrap value of the material the sculpture has been cast in.
Historically sculptors have never sculpted ‘in Bronze’. Bronze is purely the material that foundry has used to cast the finished work, the original sculpture can be of any material. The foundry will use time consuming, labour intensive and very expensive methods to transfer the original into wax so that the lost wax method can be used.
Antius BronzeTM Does not rely on a thickness of cast bronze to create the strength in the work, as you can see from the image the sculpture is solid with reinforcing metal through the centre. Take the analogy of gold leaf, a very thin layer of gold is applied to almost any support structure, the gold is the beauty, the structure is the strength, the same methodology is applied to Antius BronzeTM
The completed sculpture can then be polished and given an acid patina as required to create the Verdigris.
Abstract outdoor sculpture
Tete a Tete (Bronze Abstract Angular Twin statue)
by Richard Austin
£4,500
- The ArtParkS Guarentee
All the sculptures on the website are described by the Artists themselves stating the materiel they are made from and their dimensions. If they are stated to be suitable for outdoors they have a guarentee of 10 years subject to the effects of weathering which will alter their colour and finish over the years unless you give them regular cleaning and maintenance. For instance Bronze and to a lesser extent bronze resin/cold cast bronze will aquire a green patina, usually rather sought after and all could attract moss lichen and a greeny pollen especially under trees which should be removed regularly with warm water and washing up liquid.
Iron and steel will oxidise(rust ) and this falls outside our guarentee.
Organic materiel like wood, bark willow is variable and depends to a great extent on where it is sited and you should discuss any guarentee direct with the Artist as this too falls outside our Guarentee. - How does ArtParkS protect you?
From the moment you place an order and pay ArtParkS you are protected, because half is immediately used to pay the Artists deposit and the other half is retained till the sculpture is delivered safely’.
Insurance in transit should be arranged with the artist prior to ordering. - Why buy on ArtParkS?
When you choose a Work of Art from ArtParkS you have the confidence that the work has been selected by ArtParkS’s selectors and will be despatched direct from the Artist‘s studio or Foundry only after it has been scrutinised by their quality control process.
- How do i buy?
You can either talk or correspond with Peter at ArtParkS prior to ordering or just click on the buy now button and follow the instructions adding in the delivery charge unless the Artist is offering it free.
Payment can be made by Direct Debit, cheque, via credit or debit card, or Paypal though we try and avoid the latter because we have to forward the 5% they charge us on to you.
- Where can I have my order delivered?
Your Sculpture can be delivered wherever a delivery vehicle can gain access anywhere in the world. For special situations contact Peter on peter@artparks.co.uk or +44(0)1481 235571.
