Maria Rubinke, 2020
Head Space - Bronze Sculpture by Maria Rubinke
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Maria Rubinke's sculpture "Head Space" works in black and green patinated bronze to display the unexpected. Rubinke's attention to detail and her engagement with traditional sculptural form explore the boundaries of reality. Through close handwork she renders the unrealistic with realistic precision, blurring those lines. The fine detail invites viewers to look closely in order to read the sculpture and the themes it carries. Each cast is patinated by hand, so the surface varies from example to example.
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- Artist
- Maria Rubinke
- Year
- 2020
- Material
- Black and green patinated bronze
- Dimensions
- 16 x 15 x 17 cm
- Signature
- Engraved
Materials and making
Cast bronze
Bronze holds detail that few materials can. Each bronze is cast from the same mould and hand-chased to retain the detail of the artist's original. Patina is applied individually, so tonal and surface variation should be expected across the edition.
- Material
- Black and green patinated bronze
- Dimensions
- 16 x 15 x 17 cm
- Signature
- Engraved
01
Mould and wax
The artist's original is captured in a flexible mould, from which a hollow wax replica is taken and refined by hand until every surface matches the source.
02
Lost-wax casting
The wax is encased in a ceramic shell and fired; the wax runs out and molten bronze is poured into the void it leaves, taking on the exact form of the original.
03
Chasing and assembly
The rough cast is released from its shell, sprues removed, and seams chased away by hand so the metal reads as a single continuous surface.
04
Patina and finish
The finished bronze is coloured with heat and chemistry, then sealed with a hand-applied patina unique to each edition.
Made at
Fonderia Artistica Mariani
Italy · Est. 1952
Founded in 1952, Fonderia Artistica Mariani is an Italian art foundry known for precision bronze casting. Each work is cast using the traditional lost-wax and vacuum-shell methods that capture the finest surface detail, then chased, finished and patinated by hand.
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The artist
Maria Rubinke
1985, Haarby, Denmark · Sculpture, Ceramics
Maria Rubinke is known for provocative, surreal porcelain sculptures that set the pristine white material against dark, often violent or chaotic themes. Her work investigates the human subconscious and the fragile boundary between innocence and trauma through small figurative forms.
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Details
- Artist
- Maria Rubinke
- Title
- Head Space - Bronze Sculpture by Maria Rubinke
- Year
- 2020
- Material
- Black and green patinated bronze
- Dimensions
- 16 x 15 x 17 cm
- Signature / marking
- Engraved
- Publisher
- Edition Solenne, Copenhagen
- Primary market release
- 2020
- Acquisition
- Acquired directly from Edition Solenne
- Lead time
- 8-12 weeks
- Certificate
- Signed and numbered by the artist and publisher
- Returns
- Consumers in the EU may withdraw within 14 days of delivery, except where the work is produced to individual specification, as stated on the invoice. Contact us within 7 days if the work arrives damaged.
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