The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-04

MAKING WAX floUREs
.,.-,a.h tho Boiling Pot, the Mold snd
tno Fsc and uair Artists


A..any young lady soa'ei ete plano IN
.-.s show Nladow ia State street 1t'
.-...l crowds last week She was pretty
..-s O., catch tue masculine eye and suih-
.. asl dressed % holi the feminine
~ Boz despite the constant scrutiny
..l.rv.r changing crowd. tae young lazy
....rrei Der position. Tho smile that
...... her Aps did not change, hcr angcTs,
ala .rca above tho piano. never struck
.. ,..r---.l lur the best oi reasons. She
,....ta real Young hdy-though she looked
d.. .....aIv ia the ga,liCGt- but only wax
vouu- nan curious o. know some
..- ~ the method OF her construction
.-r..i mol to the tor st1ryof tte f-icu hu5oe
.-euerv uith the superintendent, emers-
..- .a,o q small room ia the rear OF the
t..r--. Two or three men wcIo at work
-. s.rr.rr q s.camiu- mixture in am iron
DE. rerau oll stove. another dduoins piaSSsr
mold Hcsd.ess c0glses were every
r.--e ILly stood on platforms, under
-..-l tables and in corners ll a small ante
... o. whole collection Was piled Ui. Inc
.-f.cf some we're Coltor,ei and bent as
..--l innwiul agony The active young
.-.rut<ll.ut opened boxes aud cupboards
I'D drew cut heads OF men aLi women, old
,.iv.un-. beautiful and ugly, some without
,..sor hair. others looking startImgly real
r..r. suofbcrse cl drawers ha pulled dozens
bands aud laid them beside tle beads
.Inere ~ said be-. care all the parts ot an
f.s-e which are made out OF wax. There Is
r..ieh .a,ug os wax fi.ure. The figures
.--.s tcr--.-lre made ont OF papieg mache
a 0sx torso. oven when it IS lined with an
,.-1 framework. does not give satisfactory
.ff.t The process of making the papief
ns,hs boiias IS precisely that II She heads
l.i hands
And what Is tlatf
A work that requires seven persons tc
nrlcto The lrst step IS TO make uiuia
ere model iu clay Of the figure or group that
t.t, hs represented From it wo get some
t... OF the ofioct when all details are de-
.iei upon the sculptor models tle figure
lie size in clay, the same rs would ne done
u &. were % be cliselcl in marble or cast ir
t-5rz, The hands are omitted. They ar'
r.-i.,ei from life slways. Next the model
r~e-ares a plaster paris cast iu sections IRON
ta rr1dal Gnd into this tue wax is poured bl
,ts s.x7yorker IL the result docs not sat
t-frt tae s.ulptcr the head is romelted M
attempt IS ever made % change o head. IN
ro.iis simply broken up and ne" mode
rl- The head goes next 90 woman, "h
t..rts the hair. eyebrows, cyelashes, an
ts-rf A little instrument with two OF tire
..arD needle points is used for this oh
r..rts RAPIDLY. more so than any OF the on
. The sculptor, after The glass eyes an
mn into tue socket. then takes the head an
finishes it. Its color is pale pink, and b
,..ss IL tbs hue u the human face, and o.
various means makes lis surface iooA HA
In Meanwhile the c0stumer has been @
lo-s dressing the torso aud the caTpenIe
a1.ng 10 upon pedestal The he2d an
fsaas Gre Joined 20 II ard lt Is ready ior e
Lution"
How long does all this takeF
.It depends upon the sculptor eatirei,
T.-res nowadays are mostly portraits, an
i3fnoielinr ono. especially Of a c0Dtemporar
individual the sculptor is likely O. MAKE la
af.z.a models before the correct ono IS hl
lae figure OF Thurman, for instance u
carsl q great deal OF preliminary s'ua-
T.s SCULPTOR lad % see hin several times,
c.--rrs most closely various details sucn
sbc expression Of his face il varying mood
Ian tell lie cJl0l O. lis nearest trlcnd eye
--tse vav bis hair was arranged, bis woigh
,arr.ass. etc Little details, such as tas G."
ocsepy TIE artist day sometimea. lie ca
.5- - ka7Tisd. Sometime two weeks IS ]
o1,rsd q, model @ single figure 10, Soul
rors rarely model direct from lie, except
4ss cass of tie hands, although instances a.
trorc cf their having done so. They pref
a aptot9rapb and rely upon their momori
f,r ietails In making head But they
v.vs uold hands from life 10 artist ID I.
-.r.d can exactly represent that "onasIi
i-uau member, with all is 1nolsaud no,
c,.sss and is expressions-icr the ham
La7s orprcsiona Figures cost as hieh
&sy Tue hair OF tho head or tia hgdIe
As Langtry cost as Hair is always
Important and expensive its-a. 30 = u
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