DOLPHINS SCULPTURE BY KITTY CANTRELL FREE SHIPPING Start Price USD 369.00 Current Price USD 369.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 399.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, September 03, 2008 End Time Saturday, September 13, 2008 Location DERBY CITY LOUISVILLE , KENTUCKY See more about ' DOLPHINS SCULPTURE BY KITTY CANTRELL FREE SHIPPING' Description FREE PRIORITY MAIL INSURED 72 HR. DELIVERY . SELLER PAYS APX . $ 30.00 FEE Item Specifics - Sculpture Original/ Reproduction: Original Largest Dimension: 12" - 24" Listed By: EBAY RESELLER Date of Creation: 1993  Region of Origin: MADE IN U.S.A. 1993 Medium: MIXED MEDIA SEE DISC. Subject: NATURE DOLPHINS KEYWORD : 1993 LIMITED EDITION # 251 OF 950  . STUDY 12 PHOTOS TOTAL : USE LOW STARTING BID AND OWN  THIS  UNIQUE DICONTINUED ART PIECE FAR BELOW VALUE .JEFFRAY Store 13 INCH TALL DETAILED DOLPHIN MIXED MEDIA SCULPTURE  " SPLISH SPLASH " BY KITTY CANTRELL . OPENING BID FAR BELOW ORIGINAL COST $ 950.00 IN 1993. IF A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS I HOPE THE  PHOTOS HELP YOU DECIDE---- THIS IS ONLY SECOND SIGNED NUMBERED SCULPTURE I'VE EVER OFFERED-------- AND BY FAR THE FINEST---PURCHASED FROM A INDIANA ANTIQUE DEALER THAT OBTAINED FROM LOCAL ESTATE .   Kitty CantrellCollection Award-winning artist and environmentalist Kitty Cantrell is known for her striking sculptures of North American wildlife. Intricately designed and detailed, her Mixed Media sculptures capture expressions of animals that have never known human touch. When asked what inspired her to start sculpting, Kitty replied, Ive done it since I was little. Its the only thing Im good at-its what Ive done ever since I can remember." Wolves, eagles and humpback whales are a few of the subjects this native Californian has chosen to sculpt since beginning her professional career. Kitty is one of the few American artists today who has a natural talent for capturing the animals she chooses to sculpt as only nature knows them. Cantrell begins the sculpting process with only a general idea of what she is about to create. When asked where her ideas come from, Kitty confessed that "some of my best ideas come from my collectors." To ensure the authenticity and accuracy of her sculptures, Kitty spends numerous hours researching the animals paying close attention to subtle details such as the wing span or shape of a tail. "I like working on subjects with which I am fairly unfamiliar," she says. "That makes me study up on them and that keeps it interesting. The busier I am, the happier I am." Kitty produces a rough sculpture out of soft clay to check for composition and form. She then painstakingly forms a master sculpture that is to scale and anatomically correct. This second sculpture is sent to the Legends/Genesis foundry in Los Angeles, California, where a resin cast is made and the manufacturing process begins. Genesis, a division of Starlite Originals, Inc. creates Fine Art Sculpture in the traditional Old World style.  Created in Mixed Media* - the  harmonious blending of precious metals and actual hot-torched acid patinas combined with LUCITE*  that add rich color and texture - the Genesis foundry is able to bring an artist's vision to life.  Now, all collectors - not just a privileged few -  can enjoy the luxury of owning fine art.  Genesis  originals arrive at the foundry in the form of plastiline- the result of the artists' sculpting and resculpting, soft clay.  From these originals, first-generation models are created. Each sculpture is sectioned into a myriad of component parts and placed into molds for the creation of individual cavities      Once these metals have solidified in the molds and are released, the component parts are welded together to form the final shape of the sculpture. Meticulous hand work with fine stainless steel tools recovers detail lost in the welding process.  At that point, each original sculpture is bathed in hand-applied precious metals and various patinas,  In finishing, the sculpture is hand-relieved with a combination of steel wool and sand to release the color and texture of the original metal form.   OLD-ONE COLLECTIBLES    LOW BUY-NOW TO OWN TODAY    NEAT 1993 13 INCH TALL SCULPTURE , APX LARGE ORIG. SHIPPING BOX PACKED WT. 15 LBS. BID TODAY AND BUY THIS  UNIQUE DICONTINUED ART PIECE BELOW VALUE . SELLER PAYS OVERSIZED PRIORITY INSURED FEES .  THE QUALITY OF A ITEM OR PIECE OF FOLK ART DEPENDS ON THE ARTIST , MATERALS , AND STANDARDS SET OR UNIQUE MEASUREMENT APPLIED TO IT.     A ITEM MIGHT BE GREAT BECAUSE OF  USEFULLNESS , OR JUST DUE TO BEAUTY OR UNIVERSAL EYE APPEAL   . 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