Copper torso gets a back and skeleton.(front)

topps35 - Sunday, June 15, 2008 - 1:54am

Copper torso gets a back and skeleton.(front)

Dont know when we first posted the female torso, critique suggested that the mounting was letting the piece down. So we made her back and hung it on forged skeleton. Really pleased with the results.
Love some feedback
regards
Andy and Michelle

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Andy and

Rich Waugh - Sunday, June 15, 2008 - 3:09am

Andy and Michelle,

Absolutely magnificent! The contrast between the grace and the macabre is visually arresting and very captivating. It makes me want to walk around it, peer inside it and under it and down its severed maw, so to speak. I love it!

Rich

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Andy and Michelle, Wow the

warren - Sunday, June 15, 2008 - 11:54pm

Andy and Michelle,
Wow the patina you have on the front is really great. Sure does give it a whole new perspective with the back and the skeleton....I really like it. The steel and the copper look great together. Back is a little creepy looking but cool. Is it life size?

warren
http://www.metalrecipes.com

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thankyou

topps35 - Monday, June 16, 2008 - 1:31am

Hi Warren
Glad you like it, it is a disturbingly beautiful piece. The colours are lovely, accidental though from the constant enealing. Yes it is lifesize, but we reckon she was about 4 foot 6 tall.
regards
Michelle and Andy

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wow

topps35 - Monday, June 16, 2008 - 1:28am

Thank you Rick, you honour us with your comments, shes definately inspired other things.
Dont you just love it when things go right?
regards
Andy and Michelle

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I agree with the "absolutely

QuiQue - Monday, June 16, 2008 - 2:13am

I agree with the "absolutely magnificent" comment Rich made. The natural colors from the copper firing is perfect. The skeletal mounting is perfect for the torso. The contrast between the two forms are perfect. The spine showing through the backside is perfect.

Perfect, perfect, perfect! ART is evident in this sculpture.

Thank you for sharing!

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Wow

topps35 - Monday, June 16, 2008 - 11:49am

Thankyou for commenting. Your response is quite overwhelming.
We do feel like proud parents!
Regards
Michelle and Andy

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This is a fabulous piece.

Bob Wilkerson - Friday, April 24, 2009 - 11:45am

This is a fabulous piece. It gives new metal artist like myself something to shoot for. Did you keep it for yourself of place it in a Gallery?

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I am extremely impressed and

Fred Zweig - Sunday, April 26, 2009 - 8:00pm

I am extremely impressed and want to see more images. Do you have some you can share of the back and how the copper skin is mounted to the skeletal frame? It is truly a compelling piece. Thanks for giving us this peek.

Best,
Fred

Fred Zweig
Metalsmith

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