04-05-2025
View Photos of Paul Oz's Racing-Themed Sculptures
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Sculptor Paul Oz has made use of a variety of techniques, from the traditional foundry methods to 3-D printing, to create bronze tributes to racing legends. Scroll through to see his works at all stages of production and completion.
Oz's tribute to Ayrton Senna was a logistical tour de force in which he personally posed inside a replica Senna suit to create hundreds of images that he then used in 3-D printing.
Oz used the 3-D printing to re-create the image in clay, then cast it in wax.
Afterward, it was cast in bronze.
The setup is elaborate for such a project.
Oz had a spectacular idea, to use wheels from the McLaren Formula 1 race cars and melt them down to make a sculpture in magnesium.
Oz works on his Bruce McLaren.
James Hunt immortalizes the late McLaren F1 driver and World Champion.
Bruce McLaren was commissioned by McLaren to mark 50 years since his death in 1970.
Carioca, the Lamborghini Bull was made using a live model.
The Lamborghini bull sculpture was displayed at Sant'Agata in 2024.
Alberto, named for Alberto Ascari, Ferrari's first Formula 1 World Champion, also originated from a live model. TV stunt horse Luminoso was photographed by 200 cameras as he reared on one leg. On his website, Oz recalls that "it truly amazed all of us in the foundry when the first three-foot-tall cast, 30 kg of bronze, balanced perfectly on one small hoof without being bolted down."
Amore de Deus is rich in symbolism as a life-size bronze tribute to the Brazilian Senna.
Keep going for more images from the Paul Oz studios.
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