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Ruth Weissenburger

Christ

Commissioned by a private customer.

210cm high, 170cm wide
Materials: Polystyrine, Filler, Acrylic Paint
2019

Maori

Comissioned by lifelike figures for the exhibition “Dead Like A Dodo” in the Natural History Museum in Kassel.

Portrait modelled in plasteline
lifesize

2019

Shaman Lady

Commissioned by lifelike figures (Berlin) for the LWL-Museum for Natural History in
Münster

modelled in clay
lifesize

2019

Angel

Commissioned by a private customer.

The Portrait was modelled after a living person.

160cm length, 65cm wide
Materials: Polystyrine, Filler, Epoxi Resin, Acrylic Paint
2020

 

Holy Barbara

Commissioned by a private customer.

160cm high, 65cm wide
Materials: Polystyrine, Filler, Acrylic Paint
2019

Giant Hand

This 3,80m tall hand was built for the Deutsche Oper Berlin. On their Off-Stage “Tischlerei” they showed the play “Aus dem Hinterhalt”, where the hand took part in.

stage design: Thea Hoffmann-Axthelm

Materials: polystyrene, nettle, acrylic paint
2019

Fotos: Thea Hoffmann-Axthelm

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For the commercial of the german hardware store TOOM I created a portait bust of the mainactor.

Commissioned by Stink GmbH

Bust: modelled in clay, casted in silicon, polyurethan resin, bronze powder
Body: by Gunnar Zimmer

2019

Salome

For the Theatre Play “Salome” by Oscar Wilde staged in the Maxim Gorki Theaters Berlin we sculpted the leading role Benny Claessens in 3,50m tall.

Set Designer/Director: Ersan Mondtag

Sculpture: steal construction, polystyrene, fabric, filler, acrylic paint
Portait: by Fabian Bruske
Hairdesign: Make-up Department Maxim Gorki Theater
Teamleader sculptors: Claudia Vogel

2018

Photo on top: Birgit Hupfeld

 

 

Fortune Cookie

Commissioned by Berliner Ensemble for the play “Revolt.She said.Revolt again. / Mar-a-Lago.” (by Alice Birch / Marlene Streeruwitz)

foam, filler, acrylic paint
150 x 120 x 120 cm
2018

© Julian Roeder

Mother Russia

Commissioned by Stage Entertainment for the Musical “Anastasia” (Stuttgart & Madrid)

polystyrene, fiber glass, epoxi resin, painted bronce
240 x 125 x 125cm

2018

Neanderthal

Commissioned by lifelike figures (Berlin)

Reconstruction on a Neanderthal skull
modelled in plastering line
lifesize

2016

Portal

Reproduction of the Portal of the “Berliner Ensemble”
for the play “Panikherz” from Benjamin Stuckrad-Barre
Stage Design: Hansjörg Hartung

steel, wood, polyethylene, fabric, paper, filler, paint
170 x 150 x 45 cm
2018

 

Foto: Julian Röder

Salvador Dali

Commissioned by lifelike figures (Berlin)

modelled in clay
lifesize

2016

 

skull

Cast in Plaster, rust imitation
25x22x20cm

2010

Cicero

Antique portrait

clay
48cm high

2013

Young Indian Rhino

Polysterene, laminated with fabaric, skin texture modelled with filler, acrylic paint
162x93x58cm

2013

Winfried

Portrait modelled after live posing

Plaster cast, bronze imitation, zement foot
58cm high

2015

Wood Imitation

painting of a sculpture by Aron Demetz

acrylic paint on canvas
210x120cm

2017

Female Neanderthal

Commissioned by lifelike figures (Berlin) for the Sauerland Museum Arnsberg

modelled in plasticine
lifesize

2017

 

Piéta

Painting of a sculptur by Michelangelo Buonarroti

Distemper on canvas
170x120cm

2017

Female Nude

Clay
120cm high

2012

Prague ornament

Polysterene, laminated with fabric, filler, acrylic paint
130x90cm

2014

Portrait of the Actor Rolf Hoppe

Commissioned by lifelike figures (Berlin) for the exhibition “Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel” (Castle Moritzburg, Saxony)

Modeled in clay

2017

Figure after painting – Raoul Haussmann

Commissioned by the Lindenau Museum Altenburg for their exhibition „In Szene gesetzt – Aus Portraits werden Kleider (Restaged – portraits became robes)“

Polysterene, wood, foam plastic, laminated with paper, acrylic paint
Costume: Anne-Sophie Lohmann
180cm high

2016

slug

Commissioned by Beuth-University Berlin

polysterene, laminated with fabric, granulate, acrylic paint, lacquer
1oocm long

2012

Virgin of Mercy

Commissioned by Adolph-Kolping-Kindergarten Wissen (Sieg)

polysterene, filler, acrylic paint
100cm high

2016

Figure after Painting – Duke Ernst Friedrichs II. Of Saxony-Hildburghausen

Commissioned by the Lindenau Museum Altenburg for their exhibition „In Szene gesetzt – Aus Portraits werden Kleider (Restaged – portraits became robes)“

portrait out of plaster, figure out of polysterene, foam and wood, wig
costume by Anna Lutz
185cm high

2015

wunderkind

polysterene, filler, acrylic paint, clothes, mirror stand
hair styling: Sophie Schütt
94cm high

2017

Art Deco Vase

Vase carved in Polysterene, laminated with paper, figure cast in natural rubber, bronze imitation
47cm high

2012

Female Nude

modelled in plaster
50cm high

2016

The Island of Death

Painting after Arnold Böcklin

Acrylic paint on canvas
150x80cm

2012

Gargoyle

Polysterene, filler, acrylic paint
117cm high

2011

Fish Ornament

Poysterene, laminated with paper, bronze imitation
97x59x5cm

2009

The little man

Linden wood
30cm high

2015

Dancers

Painting after Edgar Degas

acrylic paint on canvas
80x80cm

2017

Cape Buffalo

Movable costume for two Actors

Commissioned by the Benefit HOPE-Gala Dresden

rattan, fabric, polystyrene, varaform
170cm high and 300cm long (lifesize)

2016

Crucifix

(to fix to a prefabricated cross)

Commissioned by Stage Entertainment for their Musical Production „Das Wunder von Bern“ (Hamburg)

Polysterene, laminated with paper
160x130x30cm

2014

Black&White

Painted with a spray gun on strewed Wood shavings

Acrylic paint on canvas
150x120cm

2015

Statue of Liberty

Head and hands for 4 meter high costumes

Commissioned by Stage Entertainment for their Musical Production „ROCKY – fight from the heart“ (Hamburg)

polystyrene, laminated with fabric and filler, acrylic paint
head is 100cm high

2015

Silk Wallpaper

Stencil technique

Distemper on canvas
180x130cm

2014

Octopus

movable headdress

cellular foam, skin texture modelled with filler and painted with airbrush
130cm long

2016

Vahine no te tiare (Lady with flower)

Painting after Paul Gauguin

acrylic paint on canvas
130x90cm

2009

Tomcat

marionette

polysterene, faux fut, flock-coated head
40cm high

2014

Donut

Headdress for a mascot of a market stall

Polysterene, laminated wird fabric and filler, granulate
80cm wide

2012

Aladdin

Movable puppet

Commissioned by Stage Entertainment for their Musical Production „Aladdin“ (Hamburg)

PUR-foam, acrylic paint, fabric, construction to retract
40cm high

2015

Animals

lifesize Animal Heads for Costumes

Commissioned by Premium Projects for their production „WILD“ (Doha/Qatar)

polystyrene, laminated with fabric and filler

2016

Uncle Sam – I want you

Head and hands for 4 meter high costumes

Commissioned by Stage Entertainment for their Musical Production „ROCKY – fight from the heart“ (Hamburg)

polystyrene, laminated with fabric and filler
head is 100cm high

2015

Christ

Beneficence to the church St. Catherine Schönstein

polysterene, laminated with paper, acrylic paint
190cm long

2013

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