Somewhere along the way, some of us have seen pics of the suspended angel that hangs in the London flagship store in Covent Garden, while others have been more fortunate to have visited the store and physically marvelled at the iconic work of art.
This got me doing a bit more digging to try and find out more about the piece. Here's what I found:
When the London Covent Garden O Store decided to refresh it's look, they approached Hans Moritz, who along with Tony Kern (Co Founder at Iconic Disc & 3D Concept Modelling at Oakley), to come up with a eye catching piece for the store. It was decided upon to create a guardian angel to watch over the shoppers who entered. To aid in the design, Vitaly Bulgarov (a conceptual designer & dedicated 3D modelling enthusiast) was brought on board to assist. Vitaly Bulgarov has created iconic work on films such as Robocop (2014), Transformers: Age of Extinction and Terminator Genisys, but to name a few.
For the production of the angel, Dinsmore & Accociates, Inc. in California were approached and the majority of the sculpture was created using stereolithography. Once complete, the angel was disassembled and shipped over London to be reassembled and suspended from the ceiling in April 2011.
The angel stands 12 feet (3.5m) tall, has a wingspan of 25 feet (7.5m) and weighs in at 1500 pounds (350kg).
Below are some detailed pics posted by Vitaly Bulgarov on his website showing how much time and detail went into the production of this piece:
Art of Vitaly Bulgarov
This got me doing a bit more digging to try and find out more about the piece. Here's what I found:
When the London Covent Garden O Store decided to refresh it's look, they approached Hans Moritz, who along with Tony Kern (Co Founder at Iconic Disc & 3D Concept Modelling at Oakley), to come up with a eye catching piece for the store. It was decided upon to create a guardian angel to watch over the shoppers who entered. To aid in the design, Vitaly Bulgarov (a conceptual designer & dedicated 3D modelling enthusiast) was brought on board to assist. Vitaly Bulgarov has created iconic work on films such as Robocop (2014), Transformers: Age of Extinction and Terminator Genisys, but to name a few.
For the production of the angel, Dinsmore & Accociates, Inc. in California were approached and the majority of the sculpture was created using stereolithography. Once complete, the angel was disassembled and shipped over London to be reassembled and suspended from the ceiling in April 2011.
The angel stands 12 feet (3.5m) tall, has a wingspan of 25 feet (7.5m) and weighs in at 1500 pounds (350kg).
Below are some detailed pics posted by Vitaly Bulgarov on his website showing how much time and detail went into the production of this piece:
Art of Vitaly Bulgarov
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