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Chopin Foundry The Felix Chopin foundry (Chopen, Shopen) was one of the leading foundries working in bronze in St. Petersburg in the late nineteenth century. Their craftsmen were noted for their experience in casting highly detailed sculptures and for their technical ability to make accurate reductions of larger works for smaller sized editions. Reference note by p4A editorial staff, 06.09. Toupie Feet Derived from the French word for top (as in a child’s toy spinning top), toupie feet are turned top-shaped forms having a larger turning in the middle, narrowing to a small radius turning at the bottom which forms the foot. Reference note by p4A editorial staff, 05.09. Lucia and Arthur Mathews Arthur Mathews, a painter, muralist, and craftsman was born in Markesan, Wisconsin in 1860. His family moved to Oakland, California when Arthur was six years old. His first art instruction was from Helen Tanner Brodt while he was in high school. As a teenager, he worked in his father’s architectural office, but later enrolled at the San Francisco School of Design where he studied with Virgil Williams while working as [...] Click here to continue reading. Types of Ivory and the Legalities of the Ivory Trade What is Ivory? Strictly speaking, the term “ivory” refers only to the whitish-yellow material that makes up the tusks of mammals, such as elephants and walruses. Other related materials, such as that which comprises the teeth of sperm whales and, upon occasion, hippopotamuses, is often called ivory, but technically, is not. Two other related types of material are the ivory from the East Indian [...] Click here to continue reading. Samuel Rothbort (1882-1971) Samuel Rothbort was born in Wolkovisk, White Russia in 1882. He was born to a family where the father was a scholar and the mother was a breadwinner operating a flour and grain facility. During his youth he worked as a cantor and traveled to various towns and villages, gaining many impressions of life in that era. Poverty as well as the political unrest of the times led to his immigration [...] Click here to continue reading. Ormolu The English term ormolu is derived from the French or moulu – ground gold – and traces its origin to an early gilding technique in which ground gold is suspended in mercury, the solution then brushed onto the bronze casting and the piece placed in a charcoal fire to burn off the mercury. Because this process gives off hazardous fumes it has been prohibited in many countries in favor of an electrolysis [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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