Royal Conflict limited edition bronze
Unusually vibrant colors
The firm=s work is also characterized by the unusual colors and designs of its patinas. Patina refers to the shades and colors applied to a bronze through the heat and chemical process of oxidation using bismuth nitrate and other materials.
Over the years, Environmental Creations has created a specialized fan niche. It is well-known for its collection of vibrantly colored wild frogs, in bronze Ceach patterned after actual species in nature. As in the natural world, some of the most poisonous frogs display the brightest colors.
It takes a village when Stein began his career 25 years ago, it was he, alone, working on the sculptures. As his company, grew, he began to train a few skilled craftsmen to assist in various stages of the work, particularly with the patina process. Each Environmental Creations frog design alone, as an example, contains at least ten different patina colors. Yet, to this day, Stein is intimately involved in every aspect of the sculptures his firm, Environmental Creations, produces.
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Says the perfectionist Stein, A We have a lot more to accomplish.@ And, he adds, AWe will continue to carve our originals with Tupelo wood.@
For additional information about Environmental Creations, visit: www.environmentalcreations.com/
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Environmental Creations has created a wide variety of sculptures from the natural world: Human heroes, Native American themes, frogs, lizards, geckos, insects, horses, buffalo, elk, African themes, and more.
Steins Bronze sculptures can be found in collections around the world. They are presently on display in The Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, The Venetian in Las Vegas, as well as several Hotels and galleries across the USA, and in galleries in England, France, Germany and in Asia.
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, serving President George W. Bush, took a particular liking to Stein=s sculptures. Through the United States Department of State-Office of the Chief of Protocol, Rumsfeld presented many of Stein’s sculptures as gifts by our government=s executive branch to foreign heads of state.
For more information about Bronze sculptures please visit www.environmentalcreations.com.
