Production of the "Oscar" for the awards this year,

Not so long ago there was a post about how the statue is made "Actor" for the Screen Actors Guild. Now I remember, as the statue is made for the Academy Awards.
In 1939, the librarian of the Academy, and later its executive director Margaret Herrick exclaimed when a statuette: "This figure reminds me of my Uncle Oscar!". Since then, the prestigious award kinoisskustva, called that way.

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Each year a small foundry factory in Chicago received a major order from Los Angeles: cast statuette Knight vodruzhёnnogo on a reel of film with.



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First, a molten mixture of tin and lead is poured into the mold.



This is followed by grinding.



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The biggest problem - eye "Oscar". If there are too deep furrows, the "Oscar" can break when grinding. These are returned to the smelter.



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For grinding should plating. Each figure has consistently applied a layer of copper, nickel, silver, and the last layer of gold. As a result, the "Oscar" turns weighty - about 4 kilograms.



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