If it weren’t for blogging, I would never have seen the beautiful bust of Virginia Woolf created by Italian sculptor Valentina Mazzei.
Valentina posted a comment and link on Blogging Woolf that clued me in to the fact that she is a Woolf afficianado whose most recent project is a lost wax hot cast bronze sculpture of Woolf.
The sculpture is available in four different finishes in a limited edition of eight pieces. It measures nearly 8 inches by 5 1/2 inches and is priced at $1,200.
You can see more views of Mazzei’s sculpture here and here.
I plan to be in Rome in mid-May, and I hope I have the opportunity to meet Valentina and the bust in person. If so, I will write more about it.
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hello, I’m Lucia again
I just thought you might see the Virginia’s bust on flickr.Here is the address:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lilac1
it took me ages to make the bust and hope i caught the ‘spirit’ of Virginia Woolf,
Post any comment, positive or negative (the latter are much appreciated because they help understand whether you did a good job or not and are very useful for further work:)
ciao
hello,
I bumped into this thread when googling Virginia Woolf’s bust. As a Virginia lover and scuptress i made a bust of V. Woolf in decorated terracotta and was looking for an email contact on this site to submit the photos. If they are found worthwhile, I’d be very pleased if they could be published on the site. My email address is
lilac1@virgilio.it
It would be nice if the webmaster contacted me at this address or otherwise could possibly leave her contact e-mail on this thread. thanks, lucia
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I know Valentina, the artist, and was myself struck by the beauty of this bust, which seems to me to encompass different phases and expressions of Virginia’s life…