F
or 30 years,
The Actor
®
has been
more than just a trophy.
Its original sketch by
artist Jim Barrett, and
submitted by designer
Jim Heimann, included
many of the statuette's
recognizable features: its
proud posture, its stoic
pose and the expressions
of comedy and tragedy
reflected in the masks
held in either hand.
For performers, The
Actor represents the
creation and continuation
of the cra. But for every
one of us, the cra itself
serves as a reflection of
the experiences we all
share: joy, pain and every
emotion in between.
RAW TALENT, RAW MATERIALS
Each year, the American Fine Arts Foundry in Burbank
uses 93 pounds of wax, 225 pounds of ceramic,
100 pounds of granite and 750 pounds of bronze to
make a fleet of statuettes.
FROM OUT OF THE MOLDS
Each sculpture emerges
from two molds. The first
are "mother molds," silicone
and plaster cases filled with
wax. The second, a ceramic
mold, is where the "wax
slurry" — combined wax
and silica — is poured. Later,
the heated bronze is added.
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