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Monthly Archives: January 2013
Watch the Blackened Brass Patina Process on Carl Aubock’s Optimist/Pessimist
Very interesting video of fellow Mid Century Austrian artist Carl Auboeck’s (Aubock) patination process on his Optimist/Pessimist figures. You can watch the figures go from bright golden brass to the signature matte black color. Both Walter Bosse and Carl Auboeck were contemporaries working with brass/bronze in Vienna, Austria in the 1950s. This is the same technique Bosse used on Black-Golden Line and is the same process we still use today to patina and polish our figures!
52 × BOSSE: Week 5
Week 5 features Walter Bosse’s 5283 Fish feeding underwater.
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Jonathan Adler’s New Brass Menagerie!
We’re big fans of Jonathan Adler’s brass bibelots! They seem to be very much inspired by Bosse’s older work with his collection of letter openers, corkscrew and shoehorns. It’s great that modern designers are also being inspired by brass. Their company ethics are similar in that they wanted to bring happiness to people through their designs. Don’t they all look like they could be brothers and sisters? Check out the similarities below!
Jonathan Adler vs. Walter Bosse Letter Openers
Jonathan Adler vs. Walter Bosse Shoe Horns
Jonathan Adler vs. Walter Bosse Peacocks
Jonathan Adler vs. Walter Bosse Bulls
Jonathan Adler vs. Walter Bosse Hippos
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Tagged brass casting, corkscrew, design, inspiration, jonathan adler, letter opener, mid century modern, shoehorn, similar, Walter Bosse
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The Etsy Blog – Storyboard: New Skin
Little vintage cobra snake figurine was featured on the Etsy Blog. You can read the entire post here!
52 × BOSSE: Week 4
Week 4 features Walter Bosse’s 6039 Turtle relaxing at the bottom of a pond.
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52 × BOSSE: Week 3
Week 3 features Walter Bosse’s 6055 Cat with a ball of string napping.
Vintage Spotlight: Fox
We’re very excited to feature a new addition to our Museum today. It’s a very rare and early original Walter Bosse bronze fox. It is quite large at approximately 7″ long and 4.25″ tall, unmarked. Featured in one of Bosse’s original catalog pages (it can be found on page 111 of Walter Bosse – Leben Kunst und Handwerk). Consistent with Bosse’s early works in metal, it has the original shiny black lacquered finish painted on instead of the oxidized patina, which was developed later on. Now to just find the other two!
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First Look: Prototyping the Limited Edition Wooden Crate for Walter Bosse’s Hedgehog Ashtrays
More development in the upcoming hedgehog ashtrays! Our first prototype set arrived from Austria and we’ve been working hard on some great new limited edition crates. Each set will come packaged in solid wood crates nested in shredded paper bedding. Sliding wooden lid with hand painted hedgehog silhouette and Bosse graphics on the sides.
Here’s a sneak peek of the prototype box and set below:
We’re getting close to a release date so stay tuned!
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52 × BOSSE: Week 2
Week 2 features Walter Bosse’s BO12 Penguin with a bowtie in the snow.
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Happy New Year: 52 × BOSSE
Happy New Year Everyone!
Recently, we’ve been inspired by all the pictures of your collections we thought we should start 2013 with a “picture a week” series from our collection. You can also follow the diorama series on Facebook and here on the blog.
So here it is, the first in the “52 × BOSSE” series:
Week 1 features Walter Bosse’s BO10 Bear with a top-hat and New Year’s sign .
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