PIECE PROFILES
EN3024 - Tarrazauga
At the beginning of time, when the world was a broiling mass of lava, it would have been impossible to have predicted how the cooling mass of magma, became the beautiful, exotic and varied continents, that include Enchantica. One need look no more, than our own Dragongorge to see a testament to this splendour. However, over the millions of years, what was once brought naturally to great heights is now eroding at quite a dramatic pace. Majestic spires of rock seem almost sculpted by hand. Extrusions form loops and curves where the icy winds from the North and the storms of sand, from the South, meet to sandblast these jagged contours. It is on these pinnacles that we find Tarrazauga, a cunning and voracious hunter. His diet consists mainly of Sky Dancer and Swift dragons. His ploy is to attach himself to the columns of rock, with powerful
(The above is taken from the certificate)
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NUMBER |
EN3024 |
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NAME |
TARRAZAUGA |
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TITLE |
TARRAZAUGA |
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SCULPTOR |
UNKNOWN (Designed by John Woodward) |
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HEIGHT |
25.4cm (") |
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RELEASED |
7th of July 2007 (official site says 16th which was the Harrogate trade show but it was available before then at an Event) |
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RETIRED/SOLD OUT |
- |
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LIMITED |
1,000 |
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NUMBER ACTUALLY MADE |
- |
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ORIGINAL SELLING PRICE (£) |
£69,99 |
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BOOK |
Not in any Book |
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PAGE |
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CHAPTER |
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PICTURE |
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OTHER INFORMATION |
This is a piece sculpted in the Far East There was a paint trial done in the far east too but this was so dull that I thought the piece was boring but a paint trial was done in the UK by the ex head painter at Royal Doulton Caroline Briggs to show how to improve it, thankfully that is the version they went for (see photos at the bottom of the page to see the original version. |
(All photos of Tarrazauga were taken by me at Mouldart in September 2006 - please note, this is an artist proof not the production piece so detail work may not be as precise on the production pieces)
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In August 2006 I saw a paint trial of the piece that hand been done in the Far east, it was so dull that no one liked it, so Caroline Briggs the ex head painter of Enchantica in Royal Doultons days was asked by Rob Simpson to give it a go, luckily they went with Carolines version and not the version painted in the far East shown below! The wings show obvious signs of spraying and there is no life in the piece (please note that the photos below actually make the piece seem brighter than it really was, believe me, it was really dull and boring.
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