# Why are bronze statues of celebrities so horrible?

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**Created:** [August 11, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-bronze-statues-of-celebrities-so-horrible/988416 "2023-08-11T18:09:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-bronze-statues-of-celebrities-so-horrible/988416/23 "2023-08-12T03:54:42Z")

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I’ve rarely worked in 3D and only once in bronze. I’ll echo again that bronze is a weird medium. The bare spots and the oxidized spots really mess with the depth of everything. On top of that, the eyes are a weird thing to sculpt. You can have smooth, blank eyes on a stone or clay sculpture just fine without disturbing anyone. But the Fonz’s eyes that are both blank _and_ reflective above? Nope, that’s disturbing as hell.

ETA: Anything done with lost wax casting that you’ve sculpted by hand seems to come out exaggerated and strange. Tiny imperfections in the surface seem to become huge.

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