MODEL CULTURE
MODEL CULTURE
WAX HEARTS ︎RESIN FILLED LUNGS
These images began as documentation photographs to record object
integrity prior to being exhibited publicly.
The wax hearts have had their early 20th century stands digitally removed suspending them in space. I found the original antique stands overpowered the organic forms of the hearts. The removal insinuates an interference with time, however this was only done to allow the objects to be seen without the distraction of period mechanisms.
The precision of explaining the form of hearts, facial vein architecture and lung structure in wax and resin is remarkable in its physical and emotional complexity.
Veins injected with liquid wax diligently laid upon human bone to reveal the placement and architecture of blood movement across a face. Executed to aid understanding.
The wax hearts have had their early 20th century stands digitally removed suspending them in space. I found the original antique stands overpowered the organic forms of the hearts. The removal insinuates an interference with time, however this was only done to allow the objects to be seen without the distraction of period mechanisms.
The precision of explaining the form of hearts, facial vein architecture and lung structure in wax and resin is remarkable in its physical and emotional complexity.
Veins injected with liquid wax diligently laid upon human bone to reveal the placement and architecture of blood movement across a face. Executed to aid understanding.
Images in sequence:
1-5 Friedrich Ziegler (1850-1920), Wax Models.
6-7 Casts of lungs, Marco resin,1951.
8- Dissected skull, Maison Tramond model, Paris 19thC.
Photography Malcolm Brown 2015. Reprocessed 2023-2024.
These images have been reprocessed, remixed and adapted from images photographed by Malcolm Brown for the University of Edinburgh Heritage Collections.
1-5 Friedrich Ziegler (1850-1920), Wax Models.
6-7 Casts of lungs, Marco resin,1951.
8- Dissected skull, Maison Tramond model, Paris 19thC.
Photography Malcolm Brown 2015. Reprocessed 2023-2024.
These images have been reprocessed, remixed and adapted from images photographed by Malcolm Brown for the University of Edinburgh Heritage Collections.