Bronze Figurine (Standing Woman), Circa 2022

Ohad Ben-Ayala  

This piece is a result of a series of studies and sketches done in water based clay and Beewax for a certain commission. The work was modeled from invention and developed further in Beewax until reaching a satisfactory representation of  a female Figurine. 

The work was then cast in bronze via the sand casting method. It is a single cast, made solid, and with the original wax figure destroyed during the casting process, there will be no further reproductions in any material of this piece.

Once the freshly cast figurine was extracted from the hot sand, it was immediately returned to the artist's own studio where it was finished and signed. The cast was first cleaned from any sand or oxide residue. Next, all traces of sprues and gated used during the casting process were removed and cut away. After the initial chasing was finished, the piece went under a lengthy process of grinding, buffing and polishing, carefully keeping the original surface left on the original Beewax yet enhancing and giving more force to the variou  planes and different shapes.

• The sculpture  is cast solid in bronze.
• Signature engraved at the base.
• Final bronze sculpture finished by the artist's own hands.
• Unique sculpture via direct casting of which there are no copies and will not be cast in any other material.
• Ships in a wooden box (listing weight includes the box weight).
• It's possible to commission a wooden pedestal.
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• Feel free to ask for more photos, information about the work etc.