Cherry II, 2024

Nando Kallweit   Best sellers New & remarkable Artists

Cherry II is an elegant figurative bronze sculpture by Nando Kallweit.

This evocative bronze sculpture captures the serene grace of a figure in a lotus yoga pose, projecting a powerful sense of tranquility and balance. Kallweit skillfully crafts the elongated arms reaching skyward, forming an elegant prayer position that draws the viewer's eye upward, symbolizing spiritual ascent. 

The minimalist detailing of the figure emphasizes fluidity and form, allowing the pose itself to convey a profound message of inner peace and stability. The patina of the bronze enhances the artwork's organic texture, creating an interplay of light and shadow that adds depth and vitality. Set against a stark backdrop, the sculpture’s simplicity speaks volumes, making it an arresting focal point that invites reflection and meditation. Its unique abstraction and timeless appeal embodies both physical and spiritual harmony.

Kallweit's work is modelled on modern youthful postures but with a nod to the importance of heritage through the stylised Egyptian-influenced head.

Cherry II was made using a lost wax, or Cire Perdue, bronze casting technique.  Nando shapes a wax model that is then submerged in ceramic. The ceramic is then placed in a furnace so that the wax melts to leave a cavity. Molten bronze is then poured into the cavity. Once cooled and hardened the ceramic is broken to retrieve the sculpture.  To create the rest of the edition Nando makes a silicon mould of the first piece allowing the wax model to be recreated.ceramic so that the wax melts and the mould is bone dry then pours his molten bronze into the cavity.

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