Ditte Ejlerskov, 2026
The Cast Soft Gaze
Collector work
DKK 28,000
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The Cast Soft Gaze by Ditte Ejlerskov presents a restrained yet charged embodiment of the Goddess of Oxytocin, rendered in bronze with a calm, withdrawn presence. The sculpture captures a moment of controlled intimacy, where softness is not sentimental but deliberate, and care is held rather than expressed.
Lead time: 8-12 weeks
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- Artist
- Ditte Ejlerskov
- Material
- Bronze with different patina or coating, waxed, mounted on an onyx block
- Dimensions
- 44 × 13 × 24 cm
- Edition
- Limited edition of 50, each in varying patinas
- Signature
- Engraved
The work
Emerging from Ejlerskov’s ongoing investigation into the biological and cultural mechanics of love, the work frames oxytocin not as romance, but as structure. The lowered gaze and composed facial expression suggest regulation and self-possession, while the shield-like extension from the neck introduces a physical boundary—protection as a necessary counterpart to connection.
Ejlerskov’s practice consistently examines the tension between attachment and survival. In The Cast Soft Gaze, this tension is formalized through contrast: smooth, serene facial planes against the assertive sculptural extension and the weight of the onyx block. The goddess figure becomes a stabilizing force—quiet, authoritative, and intact.
This sculpture invites a reconsideration of care as something guarded and intentional rather than freely given. Existing in a limited edition of 50, The Cast Soft Gaze is a work for collectors attuned to conceptual clarity, material precision, and a contemporary rethinking of myth through biology and form.
Materials & making
Cast bronze
Bronze holds detail that few materials can. Cast from the artist's original, each edition carries the same surface, weight and gravity, a physical record of the hand that made it, hardened into an alloy that will outlast everyone who touches it.
- Material
- Bronze with different patina or coating, waxed, mounted on an onyx block
- Dimensions
- 44 × 13 × 24 cm
- Edition
- Limited edition of 50, each in varying patinas
- 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
Ditte Ejlerskov
1982, Frederikshavn, Denmark · Painting, Sculpture, Installation, Digital Art
Ditte Ejlerskov is a Danish visual artist who graduated in 2009 from Malmö Art Academy, with additional studies at the Funen Art Academy and the Cooper Union School of Art in New York. Her earlier work drew on mainstream culture, politics and internet imagery, while more recent series turn toward chromotherapy, feminist mythology and the intersection of technology with bodily and spiritual experience.
She works across woven and painted canvases, bronze casting, 3D printing and augmented reality. In 2017 her official portrait of former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt was unveiled at Christiansborg. She has exhibited at Nikolaj Kunsthal, Viborg Kunsthal, Röda Sten Konsthall, Malmö Konsthall and Kristianstad Konsthall, among other venues.
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Details
- Artist
- Ditte Ejlerskov
- Title
- The Cast Soft Gaze
- Year
- 2026
- Material
- Bronze with different patina or coating, waxed, mounted on an onyx block
- Dimensions
- 44 × 13 × 24 cm
- Edition size
- Limited edition of 50, each in varying patinas
- Signature / marking
- Engraved
- Provenance
- First sale, Edition Solenne
- Lead time
- 8-12 weeks
- Certificate
- Signed certificate of authenticity included
- Returns
- Made to order. Sales are final once production begins; contact us within 7 days if the work arrives damaged.
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