Maria Rubinke, 2021
Till the last drop
Collector work
DKK 19,500
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Maria Rubinke's sculpture "Till the last drop," made of black and green patinated bronze, uses sharp detail and craftsmanship to portray the unexpected in a traditional piece. The merging of the traditional and unexpected encourages viewers to contemplate the combination of reality and the unrealistic.
Lead time: 8-12 weeks
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Includes a signed certificate of authenticity confirming edition and provenance.
- Artist
- Maria Rubinke
- Year
- 2021
- Material
- Black and Green Patinated Bronze
- Dimensions
- 30x 16 x 17 cm
- Signature
- Engraved
The work
Rubinke's unique sculpture, made with an admirable attention to detail and purpose, asks viewers to look closely and think deeply about her work and what it means in their reality. Her skilled craftsmanship helps her create a piece that tells a uniquely unexpected story.
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
- Black and Green Patinated Bronze
- Dimensions
- 30x 16 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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- Artist
- Maria Rubinke
- Title
- Till the last drop
- Year
- 2021
- Material
- Black and Green Patinated Bronze
- Dimensions
- 30x 16 x 17 cm
- 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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