wax model
Tussaud's gallery piece
A wax model is a sculpture or figure made from wax, used in art, museums, and medical education.
Madame Tussauds popularized lifelike wax models of celebrities and historical figures.
In the lost-wax casting process, a wax model serves as the template for metal sculpture—the wax melts away, leaving a mold.
Anatomical wax models once trained medical students before plastic replacements.
- sculptureShaped three-dimensional art
- mannequinLife-sized display figure
- effigySculpted human representation
- figureOutline or numeral
- castingShaping through liquid form
mold · Madame Tussauds · chamber of horrors · likeness · candle · beeswax · sculptor · dummy · replica · life size · encaustic · melting · pliable · smooth · sheen · museum · anatomical · death mask
- wax itemscandle, taper candle, votive candle, pillar candle, birthday candle
- Foundrysand casting, die casting, crucible, molten, ladles
- sketchessketch, pencil drawings, charcoal sketches, quick sketch, ink sketches
- scale modelsplastic kits, diorama, scratch building, clipper ship, lunar lander
wax modelbronze sculpture
Cast copper-tin artwork
marble statue · bronze statue · marble sculpture · stone carving · granite monument
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