Ruswarp Statue Commemorative Items

Pewter Collie Trinket (PCT1)
Available now

2009 Prices of trinkets to include postage

Add to your own bracelet, chain.....

 Available with a back ring (PCTR2)

Available with  ring and cord, for  mobile etc (PCTM3)

This shows the tiny Brass trinket along side of a 5 pence piece

Limited Edition Bronze Collie Dog Sculpture
On Guard

Cast Lost Wax process
Casting/Delivery iro 8-10 weeks
A Heritage Sculpture
£590 cast in 2009 plus carriage/insurance
Base 18cm x 10cm total 19cm high

The above sculpture helped inform the Life Sized Bronze sculpture of Ruswarp On Guard  now sited at Garsdale station.
The Sculptress JOEL was also asked to bring out a miniature sculpture  collectible for the commemoration.

The Ruswarp miniature Sculpture
Cast in Lost wax Bronze
(RMB)
8cm high, base 6x3.5cm
Contact Studio for quotation

Final Details and extra mementos

The final details are being added to the Life Sized

Sculpture of Ruswarp...

and by popular request the Sculptress JOEL has also been asked to make a mini Bronze of the Ruswarp Sculpture, and a tiny pewter Trinket as a memento of the Dog and the Success story of the guarding and saving of The Settle to Carlisle Railway Line

The 5 pence piece gives an idea of the scale of the new sculptures...and the outline of the trinket...more details coming soon!

Views of the Sculpture in clay

More detailed views of the sculpture coming soon

Making the Ruswarp Sculpture mould

Making the mould ~ the first application of the mould to Ruswarp the Collie Sculpture








Making the mould~ over the head

Mould down over front of sculpture

The Ruswarp Sculpture Mould is developed

~ the seams and layers added

Glass fibre shell is applied

The shell to support the mould of the collie sculpture is finished and the fixing holes drilled

Opening the mould

The clay revealed

The mould gently pulled away

The Mould is taken to the foundry where it will be carefully cleaned and assembled and waxes poured...the next stage JOEL goes to check the waxes.

Ruswarp the Collie face in progress

You can see the left ear needs work done on the long hair that is so characteristic of Ruswarp and other collies.

JOEL says " I think I am going to have to take the left eye out again... you may not have noticed these are not the eyes that were sketched in ! It took about fifteen tries to get to this point!

Eyes are so important - it is always worth the trouble to have another go if you are not happy with them!"

The expression in Ruswarp's right eye is taking shape.


A taste of the details being added all over the sculpture

A little more help from friends

We have had some visitors to help with some of the details of Ruswarp Sculpture.
Here is Helen and Blue - Blue's short coat means JOEL can check the look and position of joints and tendons on the paws and legs.

After a break to let the clay settle and do some more work and study ...then we were onto the final changes and details...and making the coat castable!

Coat across one side of sculpture

The first toenails are sketched in and details to the hair of the front legs begun.

The tail is beginning to take shape

More coat added across the ribs, you can see a clear difference between the two sides.

More work has happened to Ruswarps face and to his ruff.