(theguardian)
Who is the maker of the Oscar statue? Nothing else R.S. Owens & Company in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Joseph Petrie, representing Owens, invites us visited the factory and see the activities of the workers.
"We start with the raw metal melted at a temperature of between five and six hundred degrees, then we dipper one by one into the mold," said Petrie explains part of casting the statue.
Owens has been producing since 1938. Oscar Cup ready distributed to the winners in the main event on Sunday, the day after tomorrow (22/2) has been prepared since November 2014.
After the casting process, mold removal process is continued trophies and sanding. This action to smooth the surface and make sure the statue looks as perfect as possible.
Next, turn workers polishing section. "Here, a statue that had been sharpened, we polish to create a glass effect," Petrie said. "Everything we do manually."
Louise White, workers engraving section, has joined Owens since the early '80s. Petrie leaking secrets, "Actually, we put serial numbers on each statue."
Then, trophies dipped into five different liquid to make it sparkle like a 24-carat gold. Having worked for eight to ten hours, Oscar also be.
Oscar Oscar weighing 3,8 pounds and as high as 33 centimeters has been prepared distributed to the great film-makers, as a reward for a brilliant idea and hard work.
(CNN Indonesia)
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