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Bronze Dog Sculpture: Trotting Wire Haired Dachshund by Sue Maclaurin

Bronze Dog Sculpture: Trotting Wire Haired Dachshund by Sue Maclaurin

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Size in cm: 11.5w x 5.5h x 2.5d cm
Size in inches: 4½"w x 2"h x 1"d
Weight: 240g / 8½oz

Edition: 250
Material: Foundry Cast Bronze

Solid bronze Wire Haired Dachshund sculpture, with free delivery worldwide – limited edition of 250.

Sue Maclaurin’s gorgeous bronze sculpture of a Trotting Wire Haired Dachshund perfectly captures the cheeky and willful character of these characterful dogs as it trots along with its lead, with places obviously to be and people to see.

Following the success of Sue Maclaurin’s Trotting Dachshund sculpture, received many, many requests from collectors to commission a Wire Haired Dachshund in a similar pose. We listened, we did and we are delighted to introduce this new piece to you now.

Hand cast in a British foundry as a limited edition of 250 castings, ‘Trotting Wire Haired Dachshund’ arrives beautifully boxed with an individually numbered and artist signed certificate of authenticity, making an ideal gift for anyone who has ever loved one of these wonderful little dogs.

Whether you have shared your life with many dax's over the years, or just one doxie that has stolen your heart, Sue Maclaurin's humourous sculpture is sure to be the perfect reminder of many happy times spent together.

Trotting Wire Haired Dachshund is created using the ancient art of lost wax casting bronze, during which a new mould is made and subsequently destroyed for every casting. This means that each casting is unique and so arrives individually numbered as one of a limited edition of just 250 castings worldwide.

Please note that as with all Nelson & Forbes sculpture, this is NOT made of resin/cold cast bronze. Instead it is made of real, solid, foundry bronze metal.

Born in Colchester, Sue Maclaurin emigrated to Northern Rhodesia with her family, where a life-long passion for wildlife and horses began.

Her childhood was spent, when not at boarding school, roaming freely in the bush on horseback, revelling in the diversity of wildlife which still existed at that time.

Returning to England to study at Winchester School of Art, Sue graduated with a B.A (Hons.) in Fine Art and subsequently spent several years involved with Marwell Zoological Park, where she continued to study, paint and sculpt their wide variety of animals at very close quarters. While she was there, Sue was commissioned to create the art work and logo for Marwell Park’s advertising.

During these few years, Sue further explored and develop her interest in sculpting at Pinewood Studios as she was asked by Ray Harryhausen to assist him model making on various films including Clash of the Titans.

An opportunity then arose for Sue to return to Africa with her family, and the following four years were filled happily with the pursuit of varied projects including gold-mining frontier style, fish farming and dairy farming, while Sue continued to sculpt and paint for her own pleasure.

Whilst Africa and its wildlife were ‘utterly beautiful’, it unfortunately became too politically unstable, so Sue’s family once again returned home to England. Her wildlife sculpture was quickly accepted by galleries across the United Kingdom and quickly developed a loyal following of collectors.

A white house in the Wiltshire countryside is now home, with two Siamese cats, two horses, a thriving sculpture studio and a saddlery business that means Sue’s skills as a Master Saddle Maker command a constant waiting list. Sue continues to sculpt both the wildlife that surrounds her home daily as well as other traditional animals such as pigs and thoroughly enjoys hearing stories of the joy that the bronze castings of her pieces bring to collectors.

Creation of your bronze sculpture

Every time we cast a piece, a new mould is created and subsequently destroyed. This means that every single piece of sculpture bought from us is entirely hand made and utterly unique, which is why it is numbered by hand to tell you which casting of the edition you have bought.

1. Mould Making

A silicone rubber mould is made of the original art work. Absolutely every detail captured or missed by this mould will be reproduced in the bronze castings. Depending on the size of the mould, it may then be cut into sections for casting.

This is the master mould used to originate all castings of that piece. Each time that piece is ordered, we follow the following procedure:

2. Making the Wax Casting

Molten wax is poured into the rubber to create an exact wax duplicate of the original model.

3. Chasing the Wax

The wax is removed from the rubber mould any flaws are hand finished by a skilled craftsman.

4. Spruing

Wax rods and a wax pouring cup are carefully attached to the wax casting in just the right positions to allow bronze to be poured in any displaced air to escape. This means that no air bubbles are trapped inside the mould as they would be gaps in the finished bronze piece.

5. Investment

The wax model with attached rods is now covered in ceramic material which will form the mould for the final bronze pour. This is done by dipping the wax model carefully into investment liquid and then covering it in a fine powder before allowing it to cure (completely dry). The model is then dipped into investment liquid again and given a coating of a coarse ceramic powder. By following this procedure several times, a ceramic shell is built up around the wax model.

6. Burn-Out

The wax inside the ceramic shell is then placed in a kiln and fired. The shell bakes and the wax is melted (lost) from the shell. This creates a hollow ceramic shell mould and accounts for the term "Lost Wax" being applied to the process.

7. Casting

The ceramic mould is removed from the kiln and molten bronze is immediately poured into it, at 1200°C.

8. Break Out

Once the casting has been allowed to cool for several hours, the mould is carefully removed by hand from the bronze model inside.

9. Sandblasting

Any fragments of the ceramic shell are removed by sandblasting and the sculpture is carefully inspected at this point.

10. Assembly

All attached rods and cups (which are now bronze) are removed by hand. At this point, any segments of a large sculpture that has been cast in sections are welded together.

11.Chasing

All the weld marks and removed and rod marks are chased and re-detailed by hand. Any scars left by the rods are carefully blended to match the rest of the sculpture’s surface as intended by the artist.

12. Polishing

The bronze is hand polished in preparation for the patina.

13. Patination

The bronze is first heated before the chemical patina is applied by an artist. A patina can achieve many different colours or effects depending on the mix of chemicals used.

14. Waxing

Finally a wax coating is hand applied before the piece is polished to ensure a beautiful lustrous patina.

15. Numbering

Finally, the piece is numbered by hand. It is numbered as the casting number, followed by a slash and finally the edition size. For examples, 5/250 means that your piece was the fifth piece to be cast from the master mould out of 250 castings made. The piece also bears the signature of the artist. Sue Maclaurin pieces are marked either Sue Maclaurin, Sue Mac, or with her insignia of an S and small cat face.

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Reviews

Customer Reviews 8 item(s)

Love it!

Overall Satisfaction

The sculpture is lovely and will be my sister’s favorite Christmas present this year! She has the “real deal” and this sculpture looks just like him. The design and detail are absolutely perfect for a trotting Wired Haired Dachshund.
Thank you to the Artist and Nelson and Forbes for this perfect gift.
Review by Jacqueline / (Posted on 04/11/2021)

Beautiful sculptures

Overall Satisfaction

I bought the smooth Dachshund as a present for my wife when she was looking to buy our first real Dachshund. Fate brought us a Wire haired Dachshund which we named Bertie. By coincidence the Wire haired model was then launched and so I just had to buy one. They both sit proudly on our mantle shelf. I would absolutely recommend these beautiful sculptures as a present for any dog loving person.

Review by Dave / (Posted on 03/11/2021)

Beautiful Sculpture

Overall Satisfaction

I bought the wire haired dachshund sculpture for my husband as we have a real wire haired boy. The sculpture is beautiful. A bit smaller than I expected but I hadn’t actually checked the size. It’s beautiful and my husband is absolutely delighted with it. It really looks like our dog.

Review by Kate J / (Posted on 01/11/2021)

Size of trotting dachshund.

Overall Satisfaction

Disappointed sculpture was so small. Review by Alex Graham / (Posted on 26/10/2020)

Lovely

Overall Satisfaction

My wire haired dachshund has just arrived (9.15) he is lovely, thank you very much.
Review by Mrs. B.D. / (Posted on 19/05/2020)

Delighted

Overall Satisfaction

I'm delighted with my second dachshund,"Forbes", which arrived about 30 minutes ago. My real dachshund has had a sniff and not seemed too bothered to have another one in the house.
The new dachsie is beautifully sculptured and will be admired by many. It fits nicely into my collection of foxes and Labradors. Thankyou for responding so promptly to my purchase, it still amazes me that it only takes 4 days to get here.
Review by Ms. R.Q. (Australia) / (Posted on 05/05/2020)

We are more than pleased

Overall Satisfaction

This one was the most recent sculpture we have had from you. We have live Dax’s for very many years, but all our former ones were either smooth or long haired, until we got a wire haired one some eight years ago, so we were delighted when we heard from you that a Wire Haired was now in your list, and snapped him up quick; I think ours was number 1, which made him even more collectable; we have several smooth ones from you, but this is our first wire. Our dog is called Norman, and is very big, I think some 35 lbs, and a great friendly character, if a bit noisy at times!
Any way we are delighted to have yours in our collection. I think we have had some twenty dax’s over the years, but have accumulated a huge collection of sculptures, pictures and models . One of our grandchildren spent a day counting the collection, and came up with a figure of over 300 portraits.
We are more than pleased with our latest rough, and he occupies a pole position on one of our shelves.
Review by Mr. M.C. / (Posted on 04/05/2020)

So pleased!

Overall Satisfaction

So glad I by chance found Nelson and Forbes. Ordered both version of the dachshound and they are both a really eye catchers! I have installed a small spotlight that lights up the figures. In the warm light they look even more beautiful. As the piece of art they are they deserve to be put in the limelight.

I am also extremely pleased with the track service. Just took a few days for the parcel to arrive to me here in Sweden and as soon as they were sent I received a friendly e-mail were I was told that my figures were on their way. When they arrived I was equally surprised how well and protective they packed in a box. Review by Elisabeth (Sweden) / (Posted on 26/04/2020)