What does the little golden man do when the Oscar is stolen
Sihaiwang: first of all, it's not a joke! It's reported that Francis mcdermond, the Oscar winner, was robbed when he went to the party, but he was finally caught by the photographer and Abe's staff. Although it was a small episode, the comments of netizens were bright. The thief should not think that the little golden man is made of pure gold, right? So what does the little Oscar man do? What are the ingredients? Let's have a look.
"Are Oscar statuettes made of pure gold?" many people have such questions. In fact, all the time, the statuettes are not made of pure gold, but are made by gilding. Tin copper alloy and tin ammonium alloy used to be the materials used in the inner core. In the four years after 1943, due to the shortage of metal as an important strategic material, gypsum became the material for making the inner core of "little golden man".
The 'little golden man' at the 89th Oscar ceremony in 2017 once again experienced an innovation. In order to make the trophy closer to the statue in 1928, polich tallix fine art foundry, a foundry specializing in metal art, was commissioned to design and produce the 'little golden man' again.
Unveiling the production process of Oscar
Oscar "little golden man" has been designed. There are 12 steps to make a new trophy statue, which takes 3 months.
Referring to the 1929 trophy scanning model, the new "little golden man" digital model will be output to a 3D printer, then printed into a basic prototype, and then copied out a number of wax figures, which are polished and modified and fixed on a special shelf.
The wax mould fixed on the shelf is immersed in ceramic slurry layer by layer, and the ceramic shell with ten layers attached is dried and then baked in the oven, and then cooled overnight.
The fired ceramic shell forms a new casting mold, and the molten bronze liquid is poured into the ceramic mold to be cooled. After cooling, the ceramic shell is broken to form the primary shape of the cup, and then their surfaces are polished to mirror effect.
Epner technologies in Brooklyn is responsible for gilding the statue and returning it to polich tallix for trophy assembly.