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Bronze Dog Sculpture: Standing Dobermann (Female, Docked) by Sue Maclaurin **New!!**

Bronze Dog Sculpture: Standing Dobermann (Female, Docked) by Sue Maclaurin New!!

Bronze Dog Sculpture: Female Standing Dobermann (Docked)

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Including VAT: $520.92 Excluding VAT: $434.10

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Will be dispatched on: Friday 15th August

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Size in cm: 14w x 12h x 3d cm
Size in inches: 5½"w x 4¾"h x 1¼"d
Weight: 740g / 1lb 10oz

Edition: 250
Material: Foundry Cast Bronze

The Dobermann has a special place in the heart of sculptor Sue Maclaurin, as she enjoyed many of her childhood years in the company of her rescued Dobermann in Africa.

Her striking bronze sculpture, ‘Standing Dobermann’, beautifully showcases the streamlined athleticism of this most elegant and aristocratic of dogs, as well as capturing their intelligent and loyal nature.

We hand cast Standing Dobermann in bronze in Britain as a limited edition of just 250 castings. Every casting bears the artist’s signature and our ‘NF’ maker’s mark, as well as its own unique edition number.

It arrives beautifully presented in our signature gift box, accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. The certificate is individually numbered and hand signed by the artist and is your guarantee that this is a genuine Nelson & Forbes bronze casting of an original sculpture by Sue Maclaurin that she has personally approved.

The perfect gift for the Dobermann lover in your life!

We have been asked by many Dobermann lovers to create a Dobermann with a docked tail, so we were happy to oblige. Both our docked and full tailed Standing Dobermann sculptures are taken from a single edition of 250 castings. We first made a mould of the docked Standing Dobermann, before Sue Maclaurin modified the tail on her original sculpture. We then made a second mould of the Standing Dobermann, now with a full tail, to create bronze castings of the Standing Dobermann sculpture with a full tail. This means that only 250 castings of the Standing Dobermann will ever be made, some with a docked tail and some with a full tail. If you have any questions about this, please do call us on 01442 256290.

We have subsequently been asked to create the docked Dobermann as a female, so we have fulfilled this request by working on the wax that is created during the casting process, transforming the docked Dobermann from male to female, and then casting the female version into bronze.

Until now, the female version has been available by special order only, but we are now delighted to make this piece available to order as part of our main collection.

All of our male and female sculptures, both docked and undocked, are all taken from a single edition of 250 castings, so only 250 castings of the Standing Dobermann will ever be made. If you have any questions about this, please do call us on 01442 256290.

Creation of your bronze sculpture

Every time we cast a piece, a new mould is created and subsequently destroyed. This means that every single piece of sculpture bought from us is entirely hand made and utterly unique, which is why it is numbered by hand to tell you which casting of the edition you have bought.

1. Mould Making

A silicone rubber mould is made of the original art work. Absolutely every detail captured or missed by this mould will be reproduced in the bronze castings. Depending on the size of the mould, it may then be cut into sections for casting.

This is the master mould used to originate all castings of that piece. Each time that piece is ordered, we follow the following procedure:

2. Making the Wax Casting

Molten wax is poured into the rubber to create an exact wax duplicate of the original model.

3. Chasing the Wax

The wax is removed from the rubber mould any flaws are hand finished by a skilled craftsman.

4. Spruing

Wax rods and a wax pouring cup are carefully attached to the wax casting in just the right positions to allow bronze to be poured in any displaced air to escape. This means that no air bubbles are trapped inside the mould as they would be gaps in the finished bronze piece.

5. Investment

The wax model with attached rods is now covered in ceramic material which will form the mould for the final bronze pour. This is done by dipping the wax model carefully into investment liquid and then covering it in a fine powder before allowing it to cure (completely dry). The model is then dipped into investment liquid again and given a coating of a coarse ceramic powder. By following this procedure several times, a ceramic shell is built up around the wax model.

6. Burn-Out

The wax inside the ceramic shell is then placed in a kiln and fired. The shell bakes and the wax is melted (lost) from the shell. This creates a hollow ceramic shell mould and accounts for the term "Lost Wax" being applied to the process.

7. Casting

The ceramic mould is removed from the kiln and molten bronze is immediately poured into it, at 1200°C.

8. Break Out

Once the casting has been allowed to cool for several hours, the mould is carefully removed by hand from the bronze model inside.

9. Sandblasting

Any fragments of the ceramic shell are removed by sandblasting and the sculpture is carefully inspected at this point.

10. Assembly

All attached rods and cups (which are now bronze) are removed by hand. At this point, any segments of a large sculpture that has been cast in sections are welded together.

11.Chasing

All the weld marks and removed and rod marks are chased and re-detailed by hand. Any scars left by the rods are carefully blended to match the rest of the sculpture’s surface as intended by the artist.

12. Polishing

The bronze is hand polished in preparation for the patina.

13. Patination

The bronze is first heated before the chemical patina is applied by an artist. A patina can achieve many different colours or effects depending on the mix of chemicals used.

14. Waxing

Finally a wax coating is hand applied before the piece is polished to ensure a beautiful lustrous patina.

15. Numbering

Finally, the piece is numbered by hand. It is numbered as the casting number, followed by a slash and finally the edition size. For examples, 5/250 means that your piece was the fifth piece to be cast from the master mould out of 250 castings made. The piece also bears the signature of the artist. Sue Maclaurin pieces are marked either Sue Maclaurin, Sue Mac, or with her insignia of an S and small cat face.