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EACH STATUETTE
IS CREATED AT THE
AMERICAN FINE ARTS
FOUNDRY IN BURBANK,
CALIFORNIA, AND TAKES
THE WORK OF MORE
THAN 10 ARTISANS.
IT TAKES
THREE TO FOUR
WEEKS TO
CREATE THE
STATUETTES.
THE
PROCESS
MORE THAN
1,000 POUNDS OF
MATERIAL IS USED IN
THE STATUETTES' CREATION,
INCLUDING WAX,
CERAMIC, GRANITE
AND BRONZE.
THE ARMS
AND HANDS ARE
CREATED SEPARATELY
FROM THE REST OF
THE FIGURE AND
ADDED LATER.
THE MOST
CRITICAL PROCESS
OF CONSTRUCTION IS THE
SLURRY WAX AND SILICA,
WHICH HELPS PRESERVE
THE FIGURE'S FINER
DETAILS.
THE FIGURE
IS DIPPED IN
SILICA UP TO EIGHT
TIMES WITH A DRYING
PROCESS OF TWO TO
THREE HOURS.
THE
MATERIALS
CONTINUES
