Iconic Statue Makes a Business Stand Out

Adding a Statue can make Your Business Stand Out

If you're looking to add signage to the front of your business, a large bronze statue, sculpture, or fountain could be the way to go. In today's world of constant visual stimulus our attention spans are shorter than ever. We've become blind to standard billboards and other signage. Imagine a horse with blinders on, this has become the way we see the world. With so much visual stimulation, our brain has begun to tune these things out. What does this mean for a business? It means you have an even smaller chance of getting someones attention with a standard flat, lettered sign. Being creative in your approach at getting the attention you want and need for your business is more crucial than ever.

Placing a large, 3 dimensional bronze statue, sculpture, or fountain in front of your business is a great way to get people to stop and look rather than just move past without a second thought. You've now positioned yourself as a landmark rather than just another store or business craving attention. People love statues, they take pictures with them, connect with them, REMEMBER them. By adding a unique work of bronze art to your landscape they're likely to remember your business as well.

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Bronze Bust Sculpture of Frank Zappa Unveiled in Baltimore

Baltimore honors late rocker Frank Zappa with bust
BEN NUCKOLS

The Associated Press

BALTIMORE - Rocker Frank Zappa was born in Baltimore but gained greater popular acclaim in Europe than in the United States. On Sunday, devout European fans of the late musician brought his mustachioed likeness back home in the form of a bronze bust.

Several hundred fans gathered on a sweltering afternoon as city officials dedicated the bust of the ponytailed rocker outside an east Baltimore library. The bust is a replica of another in a public square in Vilnius, Lithuania, and was donated to the city by Zappa enthusiasts in the small Baltic nation.

"The spirit of Frank Zappa is alive and well in Baltimore," Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said.

The mayor joined Zappa's widow, Gail, and three of his grown children in watching as a curtain was drawn back to reveal the bust set atop a 12-foot steel pole. Later, Zappa's son, Dweezil, took the stage with his tribute band, Zappa Plays Zappa.

Zappa was known for everything from novelty rock songs to elaborate classical compositions. He died of prostate cancer in 1993 at 52.

Sunday's ceremony marked the 25th anniversary of Zappa's testimony before Congress on freedom of expression for recording artists, though the scheduling was coincidental. Zappa had testified against proposed warning labels about lyrical content, calling them a path to censorshiop.

Libraries were a vital resource for Zappa, who had no formal music education, Gail Zappa told The Associated Press in a recent interview.

Zappa would have appreciated the bizarre way he came to be honored in his birthplace, his widow said. Zappa's songs were known for their quirky, humorous lyrics: One of his biggest hits was "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow." Yet his music was also a favorite of the avant-garde.

"He'd be wildly amused by this, because of the absurdity of these guys in Lithuania coming up with this phenomenal sculptor who normally does busts of Stalin," Gail Zappa said.

Zappa's daughter, Diva, choked up while addressing a throng that chanted Zappa's name.

"Thank you so much for just loving my dad," she said.

Also at the ceremony were the mayor of Vilnius and Saulius Paukstys, the longtime president of a Lithuanian Zappa fan club who commissioned the original statue.

He has described the effort to erect the bust in Vilnius in the early 1990s as a test of the former Soviet republic's fledgling independence. The Baltimore dedication, he said, was a great day "for art, the human mind and democracy."

Helen Urban, 61, of Silver Spring, was among the Zappa fans in the crowd and saw the original bust during a trip to Lithuania last year. The replica is in a better location, Urban said.

"They have it sitting in the parking lot of a hospital," she said. "It's ugly as sin, but it's cool."

Gail Zappa, on the other hand, finds it beautiful.

"The guy was inspired," she said of sculptor Konstantinas Bogdanas. "It's more than a likeness. It captured the force of his personality and his will in terms of being an artist."



If you'd like a custom bronze bust made, like the veiled Madonna pictured above, we can work with you and make your vision into a reality. We'll take images of the person you'd like memorialized and create a bronze bust that will last many generations, and, we'll do it at a price you can afford.


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WHEN MASCOTS ATTACK!! Ohio's Mascot exacts justice on Brutus the Buckeye

OHIO STATE BUCKEYE MASCOT GETS TACKLED BY RIVAL MASCOT



In what was easily the best tackle of the day for the Ohio U. Bobcats, their mascot, Rufus laid a lick on Brutus the Buckeye of Ohio State that A.J. Hawk would be proud of. The motivation? Just to do what was done, tackle Brutus. In a strange twist, the young man that donned the Bobcat suit made it his life's ambition to tackle Brutus. Enjoy your 15 seconds of fame pal.

If you'd like your mascot done in bronze, we're here to help. We can custom make any style or size you'd like. Like the Iowa Herky below!



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Back to School Mascot Statues and Sculptures!

BACK TO SCHOOL SAVINGS!!

The back to school season is upon us. Time to start thinking of fall days, seeing friends, and classes. If you're like us you love walking onto campus and seeing the mascot for the first time, it officially means your back for another great year! If you can't see that because you don't have a statue of your school's mascot, we're here to help. We have a large selection of life size and larger than life bronze sculptures that are perfect as the centerpiece for a University, College, or High School stadium or entrance. If you have a mascot that we don't have in-stock we can create a custom piece to suit your needs! Check out bigbronze.com for all your bronze statue or fountain needs. Our wholesale prices can't be beat!

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Winnipeg Millennium Library Park set for new Sculpture

$575,000 Sculpture set for Library Park
Winnipeg Fee Press

The refurbished Millennium Library Park will be the site of the city's most expensive public art project to date.

A $575,000 sculpture will be commissioned with money from the Winnipeg public art program and the 2010 Cultural Capital of Canada fund, officials announced Friday.

The actual piece and the artist making it have yet to be chosen.

A call to artists will be sent out nationally and internationally, and the winner will be chosen by a five-person selection committee, Winnipeg Arts Council officials said in a news release.

"The piece will be a permanent, contemporary artwork using elements of water and light," the statement said. "Whichever artist or artists are chosen will have to take the unique climate of Winnipeg into account, and ensure the artwork will also have a winter presence."

The sculpture is one of several arts projects being funded by the $2-million federal grant for the 2010 cultural capital program.

The arts council's public art program has $500,000 a year in its kitty.

The city's most expensive public art project to date is Montrealer Catherine Widgery's $250,000 River Arch sculpture, installed on the new Norwood Bridge in 1998.

Recent commissions include David Perrett's $150,000 bus shelter at the Ellice Avenue entrance to the University of Winnipeg and Gordon Reeve's $75,000 stainless-steel glacier at the Portage Avenue entrance to Assiniboine Park.



If you're looking for a piece for your local park, public garden, or town, but on a bit smaller scale, we've got a great selection of pieces to choose from! From animals to kids to nautical we've got something for every need. Check out our website for all our unique sculptures and fountains.



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BigBronze.com is going to be on TV! Horse and Sulky Statue featured

Coming this Memorial Day weekend we'll be featured on a local TV show called POST TIME! The host saw our Horse and Sulky bronze sculpture statue and fell in love. She came by last week and took some footage and did an interview with our founder, Darren Hussey. The show can be seen on local affiliates in Kent and Sussex counties in Delaware as well as some counties in Maryland. The video will be available for all to see on her youtube channel! We'll put up a link as sson as it's available!

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National Sculpture Society to hold Annual Celebration Weekend

WASHINGTON, May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Sculpture Society will hold its annual "Sculpture Celebration Weekend" May 20 through May 23 in Washington, D.C.. The events and festivities will include tours of important national monuments with their creators, including famed sculptors Stanley Bleifeld and Neil Eastern, as well as award presentations to Michael Graves, Bruno Lucchesi and other luminaries of the art world.

The event opens Thursday evening, May 20, with a Welcome Reception at the Arts Club, in the President James Monroe House. Friday will feature private tours with the sculptors of the Franklin D. Roosevelt and U. S. Navy memorials, and a reception in the President's Room, Navy Memorial Theater, with Welcome by Rear Admiral Edward K. Walker, Jr. President and CEO of the U. S. Navy Memorial Foundation.

Saturday starts with an informative presentation with Lauren Lee Cobb of C.A.S.E. Solutions Advertising about the latest interactive tools in marketing. After lunch, attendees will gather at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, where they can meet with celebrated figure sculptor Eugene Daub for a special opportunity to examine the Museum's extensive medallion collection or explore the museum on their own.

Sunday provides an opportunity to explore monuments throughout Washington, D. C. by National Sculpture Society members. Several living sculptors of these works will be in attendance, including Neil Estern (US Navy Memorial), Stanley Bleifeld (FDR Memorial) Nina Akamu (Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During WWII), Kristen Kokkin ("Crown Princess of Norway" outside Norwegian Embassy) and Bart Walter ("The Gathering" at the Smithsonian National Zoo).



If you're looking to add a "monument" to your garden landscape, park, or public space we have a large selection of in-stock bronze statues and fountains to fit your needs.

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Dressing up your town with a bronze sculpture

via sculptsite.com

From Grass Roots Movement to World-Class Exhibit White Plains, NY - Beginning five years ago as a "grass roots" movement to put sculpture in White Plains' public space, the city's Sculpture Committee has come of age. With the 62-piece, 30-year retrospective of American master sculptor David Hayes, art in White Plains has overgrown its sculpture gardens and spread into a veritable city-wide museum, sprouting shape and color in public and private space throughout the city's suburban neighborhoods and downtown residences and businesses.

White Plains Mayor Joseph Delfino has fully embraced the arts throughout his 11-year administration and is one of the Hayes exhibit's most vocal fans. "An important measure of a city's greatness is it's dedication to the arts, which, to me, is our heart and soul," he said. "Outdoor art unifies a city in a way that transcends words. Whether we like a piece or not, we react to it, and, over time, we become accustomed to it. It becomes part of who we are as a community."

One of America's great living contemporary sculptors, Mr. Hayes creates dynamic art from flat sheets of painted steel, welded and bolted into forms inspired by nature. Mr. Hayes himself, his sons David M. and John, and his granddaughter Alexandra, along with crew members of the White Plains Department of Public Works and volunteers from local neighborhoods, houses of worship and schools, have assembled the pieces in puzzle-like fashion one at a time. Eli Schonberger, an ebullient 80-plus-year old who won't let two knee replacements get in the way of his skiing, is as committed to the Sculpture Committee as he is to the slopes. It was he who planted one of the first seeds of the "grass roots" art movement and he who approached David Hayes with an idea that has resulted in the largest outdoor exhibit for both the city and the artist.

Schonberger and Mayor Delfino have reached out to corporate sponsors to support the sculpture installation. The RPW Group, Inc., Heyman Properties and Belway Electric are the exhibit's current major supporters who have gotten the exhibit off the ground. More funding is needed but Schonberger is optimistic about the future. "We're hoping this newest city-wide exhibition will now generate financial support so that we can continue our efforts," he said. Hayes' works are included in the permanent collections of prominent museums around the world including the Guggenheim and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The year-long White Plains exhibit is open to the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The exhibit has been extended to November of 2010.




If you want to add a work of art to your town's parks or public areas, but don't have the budget for "artist" fees, check out our large in-stock selection of bronze statues, fountains, and sculptures. We can also do custom pieces!

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Giant Replica DaVinci Horse Sculpture finds a home

by Pat Brennan, thestar.com

A copy of Leonardo da Vinci's bronze horse has chosen Michigan as its stomping ground at the Frederik Meijer Gardens.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Leonardo da Vinci never did get to see his horse come in.

Although he drew up plans for a mammoth 7.3-metre bronze horse for his hometown of Milan more than 500 years ago, his clay model was destroyed by the invading French.

Today, Leo as he was known in the old neighbourhood could see his design fulfilled in his hometown in Italy. Or just 580 kilometres down the road from Toronto in Grand Rapids, Mich.

U.S. grocery store magnate Frederik Meijer helped sponsor the creation of Leonardo da Vincis horse in Milan. Meijer also thought his hometown could also use a spectacular sculpture of da Vincis horse.
Thats why Grand Rapids has an exact copy of the Milan statue. In Michigan its called the American Horse.

A team of Clydesdales pulled a shroud off the huge sculpture in September 1999. Time Magazine declared the horse sculpture one of the 10 best international designs of that year.

It stands in Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park where Meijer and his wife have deposited much of their private sculpture collection. The garden is a 51-hectare nature preserve where large sculptures by some of Americas finest artists are lurking among the forests and wetlands. You can walk the boardwalk trails, or ride an open tram through the park.

Many more fine creations are displayed in various indoor galleries, plus copies of da Vincis own drawings for his horse. There is also a detailed description about how the 15-ton horse was created.

As well as artwork, Frederik Meijer Gardens (www.meijergardens.org) features plenty of natures beautiful creations. A three-storey greenhouse houses colourful birds from exotic South Sea Islands and the flowers, shrubs and trees that make them feel right at home.

But be careful where you walk. The greenhouse is also home to Kiwi, the little birds from New Zealand that cant fly. They skitter amidst your feet.

Frederik Meijer Gardens hosts a wide variety of flower and plant shows each spring. And in April the place is alive with butterflies, which will eventually be released from the glass dome to make their way south.

The sculpture park is on East Beltline Ave. N.E., just off Interstate 96 on the Toronto side of Grand Rapids. Its open every day until 5 p.m. and until 9 p.m. on Thursday during the summer months. Admission is $12 (all figures U.S.) for adults and $9 for seniors.

Frederik Meijer isnt the only local boy to do well. Grand Rapids was also home to President Gerald Ford and his wife, Betty. His presidential library has been built on the west bank of the Grand River in downtown Grand Rapids.

Meijer had a portion of the original Berlin Wall built in the lobby of Fords presidential museum. It also features holdings from Washingtons Smithsonian Museum, which circulates many of its materials and displays through the Grand Rapids facility the centrepiece of an eight-hectare riverside park in the heart of an attractive downtown core.



Need your own monumental statue? We can make your custom piece a reality! We also have a large selection equestrian related pieces available!

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Archaeologists Unearth Early Roman Sculpture Fragments at Stobi Site

Archaeology Daily News
Balkan Travellers

Archaeologists unearthed a sculpture fragments of a man's head and a small torso dating from to the Early Roman period during recent excavations of the ancient Stobi site in central Macedonia.

The discoveries, found at the temple building which has been undergoing archaeological excavations, are rare and important, as they will shed light on the life of people during that period, archaeologist Silvana Blahzevska, Director of the National Institution Stobi, explained, cited by the Vecer newspaper.

"The way the hair and the face of the found head were made, as well as the ap

pearance of the remaining part of the sculpture, suggest that it was of an emperor or an important citizen who lived in the first century," Blazhevka stated.
Archaeologists expect that the find will help them learn more about the temple which has been continuously robbed since antiquity . about whom it was dedicated to and when it was constructed.

According to Blazhevska, so far there was no detailed information on the temple, whose roof was entirely destroyed and whose floor was covered with rubble from different time periods. Since a Russian coin from 1863 was found at the site, according to the arcaheologist, the temple was thought to have been fully plundered, but now, fortunately, it turns out that the first floor has not been touched.

The excavations at the ancient site of Stobi are being carried out by a team of 65 archaeologists and 400 workers.

Director of the Cultural Heritage Protection Office Pasko Kuzman told the publication that many other archaeological sites, in addition to Stobi, will continue to be excavated this year, while Minister of Culture Elizabeta Kancheska . Milevska said that work at the site will continue as long as the weather conditions allow.

The ancient town of Stobi, which developed from a Paeonian settlement established in the Archaic period, is located on the main road that leads from the Danube to the Aegean Sea and is considered by many to be the most famous archaeological site in the Republic of Macedonia.




If you'd like a piece of Roman sculpture check out our replicas of Caesar, Perseus slaying Medusa, or the fabled Capitoline Wolf!

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Bronze Statues and Sculptures are Perfect as a School or Club Mascot

Bronze sculptures and statues and mascots go hand in hand. Many of the pieces we have, especially the life-size and larger than life animals, are perfectly suited for use as the symbol for schools or organizations. Eagles, Tigers, and other animals are all represented in school sports and nearly all are readily available in bronze in virtually every size. Bronze fits so well due to its durability, beauty, and sheer impact it can make sitting on top of a well made pedestal. Plus, since bronze is such a flexible medium, it's easy to create custom pieces that look just like the costumed version of a the mascot that runs the sidelines. These symbols, in the proper setting, will instill pride within the student body or organization and be the envy of any school or club that doesn't have one of their own. If you want to make an impact and have a symbol that will last for generations, a bronze sculpture is the way to go.

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Halo Master Chief Xbox 360 Game Icon

This piece was custom made for a fan of the Halo game for the Xbox 360. The cutomer's son really loved the game so he had this piece made. He's HUGE! Standing about 7 feet tall. It's all hand cast bronze and hand painted with a special patina. It's probably one of the most unique pieces we've ever done. It's certainly an attention getter. This bronze statue really represents the unlimited possibilities this metal has. You can create any kind of animal, person, or object in any size and it will last forever!

T-Rex featured at Dino Days in the Delaware Museum of Natural History

We recently donated a lifesize T-Rex skull, and some of our other fossil skulls, to the Delaware Museum of Natural History for their Dino Days exibit. We were pleasantly surprised when they sent us their quarterly program and our T-Rex was on the cover! They also did a little write up about us on the inside. We're one of only a very few companies that makes fossil skulls in bronze, most are made from resin, and we're certainly the only one that makes these sculptures available at the prices we offer. Most resin castings cost more than one of our bronze skulls. We like ours because it allows people to interact and touch them without fear of damage.