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 ORIGINAL:Fashioning the clay Maquette. The artist first sculpts in clay a conceptual "maquette," which is usually much smaller than will be the final statue. In this case, the sculptor, Susan Henningsen, sculpted a maquette about a foot high. Next the sculptor may make a larger clay model. The one made for the Justice O'Connor statue was three feet tall. The sculptor modifies and refines this model. |
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| ENLARGEMENT: Enlargement-small to large. The model is enlarged in styrofoam to the eventual size of the final statue, in this case to one and one-third life size, over nine feet tall. The most modern method is digital enlarging, used for the Justice O'Connor statue. The model is scanned by a 3D scanner and the foam cut by an automated milling machine. The artist then coats the foam model with clay and sculpts the clay into the final form. 
 
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