Template:Did you know nominations/Expansion (sculpture)

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 23:23, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

Expansion (sculpture)

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• ... that Expansion is thought to be the first bronze sculpture to be illuminated from within? Source: When first unveiled, pictures of this sculpture went viral owing to the first ever Illumination from within visible thru perfectly designed cracks and crevices. In over 5,000 years of bronze sculpture ... Paige Bradley was the first to utilize her insight into ... “what would be a breakthrough in sculptural art?”
  • ALT1: ... that sculptor Paige Bradley broke her own sculpture on purpose and then created Expansion from the pieces? Source: dropped it on the floor.... It shattered into so many pieces...“We cast all the pieces in bronze and assembled the pieces so they floated apart from one another. Then I brought in a lighting specialist and we built a crazy lighting system to make it glow from within. It turned out even better than I thought.”
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Doug (tuber)
  • Comment: Just started the article today. It has 1503 characters (261 words) at the moment. There is no freedom of panorama for 3d art in the U.S. I have emailed the artist to see if I can get a free pic. It might be one of the most fascinating sculptures I have seen.

Created by Bruxton (talk). Self-nominated at 19:43, 28 April 2022 (UTC).

• The artist has uploaded an image - so I have included it here Bruxton (talk) 01:24, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

Interesting sculpture, on fine sources, no copyvio obvious. I am not happy with the first hook, thinking that the intentional cracking is the more interesting aspect. Can you add the illuminating from within to it, in an ALT2? First or not doesn't matter so much if too long mentioning that. In the article, I think publications should be italic, no? Also please add (pictured) to hooks. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:38, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the review @Gerda Arendt:! I rewrote to add the bit about the illumination. I was not sure about the use of punctuation, but a semicolon seems appropriate in that sentence. Bruxton (talk) 14:16, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

ALT2: ... that sculptor Paige Bradley broke her Expansion sculpture on purpose; and with the pieces she created what is thought to be the first bronze sculpture to be illuminated from within? Bruxton (talk) 14:16, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

Thank you! Perhaps we could drop the "first" and rather speak of the light through the cracks, - up to you. The image is licensed, and speaks volumes. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:53, 9 May 2022 (UTC)