Octopus bronze at Ebony gallery in Franchoek South Africa
The Octopus is a nickel bronze on Prism crystal
Stephen Rautenbach bronze sculpture portfolio – Stephen Rautenbach's Stellenbosch Gallery www.stephenrautenbach.co.za
The Octopus is a nickel bronze on Prism crystal
Goddess in plaster for bronze.
I added volumes of textured hair for completion.
Vervet monkey in progress, wax for bronze.
I placed my Running warthog bronze on Church Street in Stellenbosch outside an Architecture firm just below Dylans Buffaloes and the Moeder Kerk.
The exhibition was opened by Ingrid Wolfaard with a brilliant speech, at the Historium building in Paarl South Africa.
The sculpture is complete in wax for bronze…
Bronze is melted in a crucible at 850 degrees C then poured into hot molds, the molten bronze sets very quickly.
The bronze Octopus is a very complex sculpture with the spiral as an integrated theme. The sculpture is on a limited edition of 15. pics by C Lochner.