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Other animal collections but no figures here (books, arts, hand made crafts......).

雕塑家介紹 (Sculptor Introduction)

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插畫家 (Illustrator)：Celestino Piatti
年份 (Year)：1922–2007
國籍 (Country)：瑞

Celestino Piatti (1922–2007) 是一位瑞士的插畫家和書籍設計師。 1922年生於瑞士萬根，作為石匠和蘇黎世農家女的兒子。自幼成長於迪特利孔(Dietlikon)。1960早期他成為出版商Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag (DTV) 的設計師。在DTV工作的30年裡，作品量累積超過6000多項。內容涵蓋兒童讀物、商業廣告、郵票、包裝、動畫、雕塑、油畫、木刻版畫、彩色玻璃、水彩畫、陶瓷和雕塑等。

貓頭鷹經常出現在他的作品中，作為好運或厄運的使者，有時則為智慧的象徵。 1992年 Celestino Piatti 接受雜誌訪談時曾發言：“即使你描繪了同一隻貓頭鷹1000次，但卻無法摸清牠的秘密”。Celestino Piatti 以大膽的色塊和筆刷建構出屬於自己的強烈風格，他筆下的動物既鮮明又奔放，讓人留下深刻印象。




Celestino Piatti
Celestino Piatti (1922-2007) was a Swiss graphic artist, painter and book designer. He was a popular illustrator of children's books and achieved international success as a designer for Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag (DTV).

Piatti was born in Wangen-Brüttisellen, the son of a Ticino stonemason and a Zurich farmer's daughter. He grew up in Dietlikon, near Zürich. Between 1938 and 1942 he trained in the Gebrüder Fretz studio, and took evening classes with Ernst und Max Gubler at the Kunstgewerbeschule, Zurich (today the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste), and then qualified as a graphic teacher. Between 1945 and the end of 1948 he worked in the studio of Fritz Bühler in Basel. From 1948 he had his own graphic design studio. In 1966 he settled in Duggingen near Basel, where he lived until his death.

His first international success came as a designer of posters. He designed more than five hundred, many of which won prizes. In 1964 his work was included in the graphic design section of documenta III in Kassel,In 1975 Piatti won a Book of The Caldecott Medal "The Little Crayfish"

In 1961 Piatti became the designer for the newly founded Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag (DTV) of Munich. As well as their cover designs, Piatti was responsible for the company's typography, signets, letterheads, advertisements and posters, giving the DTV catalogue a uniform identity which combined the International Typographic Style with quirky illustration. His distinctive covers used the sans-serif Akzidenz-Grotesk typeface in black against a white background. From 1961, beginning with Heinrich Böll's Irisches Tagebuch, to 1991, he designed almost all of DTV's publications, a total of more than 6,300 titles.




原圖資料來自於Wikipedia

雕塑家 (Sculptor)：土屋仁応 (Yoshimasa Tsuchiya)
年份 (Year)：1977
國籍 (Country)：日

土屋仁応 (Yoshimasa Tsuchiya)出生於1977年，是日本神奈川縣出身的雕刻家。他以樟木、檜木雕塑出動物的形體，並鑲嵌入水晶製作的眼睛，來表現鳥獸與奇幻生物身段的柔軟，與幼獸嬌憨的姿態。他創作的雕刻作品無論是人物、動物、幻獸都栩栩如生。從2007年至今已進行多次藝術品創意展覽，2010年舉辦於北海道的“Currents in Japanese Contemporary Wood Sculpture”特別展更是吸引了眾多愛好者前往觀看。




他作品中的動物看起來給人一種細膩、柔弱的神秘感，塗裝皆為白色粉膚色系，美得讓人窒息。彷彿交合著短暫的夢和現實世界，粉嫩的氛圍乍看之下讓人以為是陶瓷燒製 (但卻是木雕)。




Yoshimasa Tsuchiya
Yoshimasa Tsuchiya is an up-and-coming Japanese sculptor who uses traditional Buddhist techniques to create wood carving animals, including animals in mythical and imagination. Yoshimasa Tsuchiya’s beautifully delicate creatures are painstakingly carved out of wood and hand painted. Check out the Making page on his site to see the process.





官網連結 (official website)
原圖資料來自於yoshimasa-tsuchiya.net (source original from yoshimasa-tsuchiya.net)

大大的嘴和長牙是河馬力與美的象徵，2014的母河馬與之前張嘴露牙公河馬相較之下，整體氣質是溫柔婉約多了(笑)，膚色比公河馬要更深，屁股上幾乎沒有疣，此外，體表也比較不光滑，猜想之前公河馬光滑的塗裝，大概是為了表現牠剛由水裡冒出來?其實我也挺喜歡Sol90出品的肥肥河馬，這個版本的河馬臉雖然寫實，身驅卻肥肥短短，和Papo的版本相較之下多了點詼諧。


河馬 (資料來自於維基百科)
河馬（學名：Hippopotamus amphibius）的名字源自於希臘語「ιπποπόταμος」(英文名稱即hippopotamus，希臘語的hippos即「馬」，potamus即「河」），英文常縮寫成「hippo」，是源自非洲的大型草食性哺乳類動物，是生物分類法裡河馬科中的兩個延伸物種的其中一個 (另一個是倭河馬)。

河馬是群居動物，每群大約有40隻。壽命為40至50歲。雌性河馬在5至6歲時發情交配，妊娠期8月。鼻子有防水活動肉膜，所以能潛入水中30分鐘。河馬是半水生的，棲息在撒哈拉以南非洲的河裡或湖中，通常高達40頭以上的族群。白天的時候牠們會為了保持身體的清涼而待在水中或泥沼裡；公河馬具有領域性，繁殖及生產皆發生在公河馬掌控延伸的水域中。牠們會在傍晚的時候出水域來吃草。然而，雖然河馬在水中互相倚靠休息時會在水中的領域內，但吃草是屬單獨的活動，河馬在陸地上是沒有領域性的。

河馬肥胖的身軀沒有一根毛，也沒有汗腺，卻會分泌出一種紅色的黏性液體，保護皮膚免受脫水龜裂。河馬走路時不但邊走邊排下大小便，還會用尾巴把糞便撥向四周。在同類爭執中，河馬有時更會把糞便當作暗器撥向對方。不過河馬不雅的排便行為其實對生態很有裨益。其外型看來十分溫和，甚至有點滑稽，但事實上性格與其外型完全相反。河馬不僅凶殘而且十分暴躁，再加上領域性極強，任何動物接近，牠都會主動攻擊，是世界上最危險的生物之一。其跑步時速可達四十公里，是非洲每年殺死最多人的動物。由於河馬的巨大體型與攻擊性，它幾乎沒有天敵，連鱷魚與獅子都時常被其殺害。唯一的天敵是人類。



Hippopotamus (information from wikipedia)
The hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), or hippo, from the ancient Greek for "river horse" (ἱπποπόταμος), is a large, mostly herbivorous mammal in sub-Saharan Africa, and one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae (the other is the pygmy hippopotamus). After the elephant and rhinoceros, the hippopotamus is the third-largest type of land mammal and the heaviest extant artiodactyl. Despite their physical resemblance to pigs and other terrestrial even-toed ungulates, their closest living relatives are cetaceans (whales, porpoises, etc.) from which they diverged about 55 million years ago. The common ancestor of whales and hippos split from other even-toed ungulates around 60 million years ago. The earliest known hippopotamus fossils, belonging to the genus Kenyapotamus in Africa, date to around 16 million years ago.

The hippopotamus is semiaquatic, inhabiting rivers, lakes and mangrove swamps, where territorial bulls preside over a stretch of river and groups of five to 30 females and young. During the day, they remain cool by staying in the water or mud; reproduction and childbirth both occur in water. They emerge at dusk to graze on grasses. While hippopotamuses rest near each other in the water, grazing is a solitary activity and hippos are not territorial on land.

談到中國的代表動物，大部分的人直覺想到貓熊，因為牠外型討喜又可愛，加上官方積極宣傳，讓貓熊成為政府在觀光上的搖錢樹，人們因而忽視了比其還要更稀有的神秘大貓 - 雪豹。雪豹是目前發現的豹類中唯一灰毛的品種。一如往年，這款PAPO社2014年出產的壓軸新品，不負眾望又成為大貓系列的精典之一，乍看之下牠的塊頭甚至比美洲虎還更小 (現實生活中，雪豹和獵豹的頭部比例小於其他大貓近親)。匍匐的姿態與警覺的眼神很像我用逗貓棒與自家老咪玩的反應。

雪豹過去在生物分類學上的定位，"曾經"為單獨的一個屬—雪豹屬。因為雪豹與虎、豹等動物很難進行雜交，且沒有產生過雜交種，而獅、虎、豹、美洲豹之間能夠進行雜交，並有過雜交種的記錄。從而有文獻認為應將雪豹看作是大型貓 (獅、虎、豹等) 與小型貓 (金貓、豹貓等) 的一個過渡型，固單列為一個屬。近年研究則發現獅是與雪豹最親的物種。


雪豹 (資料來自於WIKI百科)
雪豹（學名：Panthera uncia 或 Uncia uncia），在中國也被稱為艾葉豹、荷葉豹、草豹、伊爾畢斯（西部少數民族），有「雪山之王」之稱，是一種重要的大型貓科食肉動物和旗艦種，由於其常在雪線附近和雪地間活動，故名「雪豹」。雪豹原產於亞洲中部山區，中國的天山等高海拔山地是雪豹的主要分布地。其皮毛為灰白色，有黑色點斑和黑環，相對長而粗大的尾巴是雪豹與其他相似物種區分的明顯特徵。

雪豹敏感、機警、喜歡獨行、夜間活動、遠離人跡和高海拔的生活特性使其行為特徵難以為人所知。到目前為止，人類對雪豹的了解仍然十分有限。因其處於高原生態食物鏈的頂端，雪豹亦被人們稱為「高海拔生態系統健康與否的氣壓計」。而由於非法捕獵等多種人為因素，雪豹的數量正急劇減少，現已成為瀕危物種。在中國，雪豹的數量甚至少於大熊貓。只見雪豹皮，不見雪豹」是1990年代，美國博物學家喬治·夏勒博士的痛心吶喊。

與此同時，對雪豹的一系列研究和保護工作也正在進行，2004年在新疆首次開始雪豹痕跡調查工作，涉及天山、崑崙山、帕米爾高原、阿爾泰山、喀喇崑崙山等（馬鳴等，2005）。2005年10-12月，2012年6月，中國科學家首次在新疆天山托木爾峰拍攝到野生雪豹（馬鳴等，2006），之後青海三江源地區首次拍攝到雪豹影像，引發了較大關注。



Snow Leopard (information from wikipedia)
The snow leopard (Panthera uncia syn. Uncia uncia) is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia. It is listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species because as of 2003, the size of the global population was estimated at 4,080–6,590 adults, of which fewer than 2,500 individuals may reproduce in the wild.

Snow leopards inhabit alpine and subalpine zones at elevations from 3,000 to 4,500 m (9,800 to 14,800 ft). In the northern range countries, they also occur at lower elevations.Taxonomically, the snow leopard was classified as Uncia uncia since the early 1930s. Based on genotyping studies, the cat has been considered a member of the genus Panthera since 2008. Two subspecies have been attributed, but genetic differences between the two have not been settled. The snow leopard is the National Heritage Animal of Pakistan.

雕塑家 (Sculptor)：Nick Bibby
年份 (Year)：1960
國籍 (Country)：英國

所謂的大地之子，頃生將愛投注於其中的鬼材，就是指Nick Bibby這樣的人吧?Nick Bibby 1960年出生於英國的達拉謨，打從他學習如何握筆時，就開始摸索繪畫技巧，13歲時他賣出人生中的第一座雕塑 (真是天才藝術家)，在那之後的10幾年，他最終成為一位全職雕塑家。

對於雕塑方面的專業Nick Bibby可說是自學成才，創作的動力來自於對大自然和生物源源不絕的愛，而他本身對於解剖學，動物學和古生物學相關的專業對製作雕塑亦有很大益助。

1999年時，他接到了塑造渡渡鳥銅像的案子 (渡渡鳥又稱模里西斯渡渡鳥、愚鳩、孤鴿，是僅產於南印度洋，在馬達加斯加島東側的模里西斯島上一種的不會飛的鳥 。這種鳥在1505年被人類發現後，僅僅200年的時間裡，便由於人類的捕殺和人類活動的影響，大量減少。約在1660年代前後，徹底絕滅)。此作成為他的代表作之一，並永久陳列於阿什莫爾博物館 (Ashmolean Museum) 。

除了渡渡鳥之外，他的另一件代表作品是為布朗大學 (Brown University，美國八所著名常春藤盟校之一)的委託打造了一隻真實比例的科迪亞克棕熊 (作為大學的吉祥物，科迪亞克棕熊是棕熊中體型最大的亞種，它們巨大的身板足以和那些白色近親"北極熊"相抗衡。一隻成年的科迪亞克大公熊站立起來能達到3米左右)，牠目前依舊站立在常春藤大學的新納爾遜健身中心外，這隻高度15英尺的龐然大物在2013年揭幕時，受到了非常熱烈的歡迎！

Nick Bibby的作品皆為限量版，每一組的數量為3-25，銅雕們乍看之下彷彿上了層顏色，每尊都各有所異，在製作過程中原料 (混合了稀釋的青銅用化學染料)在超過1100攝氏度的高溫燒制產生微量變化，呈現出的自然色彩。





Nick Bibby (information from nickbibby)
A bright and artistic child, it was clear from an early age that Nick Bibby was destined for a career in art.

Nick Bibby’s sculpture is imbued with such life and character. His affection for his chosen subjects shines out for all to see. It is truly rare to find an artist with such a talent for modelling. The ‘Bibby’ sculptural style, whilst very definitely figurative (to Nick’s eye, all his subjects are beautiful and he strives to recreate that beauty) he is quite unique in his approach. Fascinated by both form and detail he models with a fluidity and energy that few can equal, simultaneously and effortlessly combining that energy with a jewel-like attention to detail, resulting in sculptures that look as though they live and breathe. Bibby’s sculptures are both beautiful works of art and loving portraits, be they bird, animal, or human. With subjects ranging from small to monumental, Bibby’s work is owned and admired by an ever growing number of collectors, including royalty, politicians and business leaders, diplomats, famous authors, artists, actors and musicians.

Born in County Durham in 1960, Bibby started drawing and painting as soon as he could hold a pen (or paintbrush). His earliest sculptures as a toddler, were made from plasticine, or on some occasions, Opal Fruits (chewy fruit sweets) when the plasticine ran out, and he sold his first sculpture at age thirteen, becoming a full-time sculptor in his late teens.





Largely self taught; Nick Bibby has always had an abiding love of nature and the natural world and this, in combination with his interests in anatomy, zoology and palaeontology, are what drive his work. Using copious reference, either from life or literature, he first constructs a supporting armature of steel and aluminium that often closely matches the skeleton of his subject. He does not usually make working drawings. Having researched his subject, Bibby builds up a fluid mental image of the finished sculpture; a three dimensional image that does not benefit from being translated into two dimensional drawings, only to be translated back into 3 dimensions in the finished sculpture. As clay or wax is added to the supporting armature, building up the sculpture, he makes constant minor adjustments to composition, pose and form, always striving for the perfect aesthetic balance. The variety of the ever expanding ‘Bibby’ sculpture collection; birds, animals, and human, is driven by Nick’s constant search for knowledge and new challenges.





Nick exhibits work regularly at Sladmore Contemporary, Mayfair, London, as well as several other galleries in the UK. In addition, his work has been shown at The Royal Academy of Art, London, the Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum of Art, Wisconsin, Sigurjon Olafsson Museum, Reykjavik and the Society of Portrait Sculptors, London, to name but a few.

In 1999 Nick Bibby was asked to sculpt life-size, scientifically accurate, bronzes of a dozen extinct birds and animals from the islands of Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion, including the most famous extinction of all – the Dodo. One of Nick’s most enjoyable commissions, “Bones to Bronze” was sculpted in close partnership with naturalists and palaeontologists from the region. The sculptures were created to raise awareness of the species lost and the species we continue to lose, whilst also raising funds toward continued conservation work on the islands through their sale. A complete collection is on permanent exhibition on the island of Ile aux Aigrettes, just off the coast of Mauritius, and a ‘Bibby’ Dodo is on permanent exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum, in Oxford. This Dodo has even had a children’s book written about him!

Nick Bibby’s wildlife subjects continue to be the mainstay of his collection, but in recent years his sculptures of “British Champion Animals”, inspired by the works of the same name, sculpted by Herbert Haseltine eighty years earlier, has brought further recognition and praise. Leading to a commission from the prestigious Ivy League University, Brown, to sculpt a monumental, life-size, Kodiak Brown Bear (the university’s mascot) to stand outside their new Nelson Fitness Centre, in Providence, Rhode Island. Called “Indomitable”, the fifteen-foot bear was installed late in 2013 when he and Nick were given a very warm and enthusiastic welcome!

More recently, Bibby has fulfilled commissions, for a small, but very characterful Indian Rhino, also to go to Rhode Island, and a nearly seven-foot heroic torso study of the Greek god, Apollo, for a private individual in the UK. Currently working on more wildlife pieces, Nick’s next challenge is something different again… and is already in the pipeline!





官網連結 (official website link)
原圖資料來自於nickbibby.com (source original from nickbibby.com)

北極熊是什麼顏色？相信絕大部分的人都會回答白色，錯了!北極熊的外觀雖然是白色的，但是如果摘下幾根毛來仔細觀察，會發現北極熊的毛髮其實是一根透明而且中空的小管子。在寒冷的北極，陽光是極其珍貴的熱能來源，日光浴更是絕佳的溫暖享受，科學家認為，當日光晒在北極熊的毛髮上，光線會在細管子裡來回反射，然後向皮膚的方向傳送。再加上黑色是最容易吸熱的顏色，隱藏在白色毛髮的黑皮膚當然就能有效的吸收太陽的熱量。

這款2015年的北極熊相當討喜，無論是肥碩的大屁股，或是由頸部一路延伸到胸部的毛流皆為其亮點，背影忠實呈現這種強壯的動物，再來就是平衡感也掌握的很棒，由照片上看不太出來，此熊上半身微微前傾，常態來看，這類站姿如當初作模者沒調整好上下半身的重量分配，將會造成實品上半身太重容易往前倒。牠小小的眼睛氣質和柴犬倒有幾分相似。

此次重塗我在熊爪的部分做了點小補強，原模的爪子和腳掌相連成一整塊，造型曖昧，無法突顯出牠身為極地王者的兇猛度 (這類模型主打市場為兒童向，所以設計時會避免突出或銳利的部分以避免刺傷小孩，這也是沒辦法的事)，先用美工刀將爪子一塊切割出來，再塗上黑色，還原了應有的立體感。塗裝部份則上了層淺淺的灰黃色。不知為何，照片看起來灰不拉機的，實品改裝後的顏色比照片要淡很多，帶點灰黃色，至於原模塗裝請參考這篇文章，除了背部 / 吻部和腳掌略以灰色噴裝，外其他部位皆為素白色。因為重塗的關係，原模的油亮感亦改善了不少。

北極熊 (資料來自於WIKI百科)
北極熊（學名：Ursus maritimus）又稱白熊，是在北極裡生長的熊，牠是陸上最龐大的肉食性動物。在牠生存的空間裡，牠位於食物鏈的最頂層。牠擁有極厚的脂肪及毛髮來保暖，其白色的外表在雪白的雪地上是良好的保護色，而且牠可以在陸上及海上捕捉食物，因此牠能在北極這種極嚴酷的氣候裡生存。被列為瀕臨絕種動物。北極熊是一種能在惡劣的環境下生存的動物，其活動範圍主要在北冰洋附近，而最南則可以在有浮冰出沒的地方找到牠們（現時找到牠們的最南點為加拿大的詹姆士灣）。而最北可以在北緯88度找到牠們，牠們分布在北極點。

北極熊是熊科裡最喜愛食肉的動物，亦是同類動物裡最喜愛以魚類為食物的。牠們主要的糧食為海豹，特別是環斑海豹，不過牠們亦會進食任何能夠被其獵殺的動物，如貝類、蟹、幼鯨。



Polar bear (information from wikipedia)
The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a carnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is a large bear, approximately the same size as the omnivorous Kodiak bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi). A boar (adult male) weighs around 350–700 kg (770–1,540 lb), while a sow (adult female) is about half that size. Although it is the sister species of the brown bear, it has evolved to occupy a narrower ecological niche, with many body characteristics adapted for cold temperatures, for moving across snow, ice, and open water, and for hunting the seals which make up most of its diet. Although most polar bears are born on land, they spend most of their time at sea. Their scientific name means "maritime bear", and derives from this fact. Polar bears hunt their preferred food of seals from the edge of sea ice, often living off fat reserves when no sea ice is present.

The polar bear is found in the Arctic Circle and adjacent land masses as far south as Newfoundland Island. Due to the absence of human development in its remote habitat, it retains more of its original range than any other extant carnivore. While they are rare north of 88°, there is evidence that they range all the way across the Arctic, and as far south as James Bay in Canada. Their southernmost range is near the boundary between the subarctic and humid continental climate zones. They can occasionally drift widely with the sea ice, and there have been anecdotal sightings as far south as Berlevåg on the Norwegian mainland and the Kuril Islands in the Sea of Okhotsk. It is difficult to estimate a global population of polar bears as much of the range has been poorly studied; however, biologists use a working estimate of about 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears worldwide.

雕塑家 (Sculptor)：Lisa Larson
年份 (Year)：1931
國籍 (Country)：瑞典

絕大部分的台灣人對Lisa Larson的名號相當陌生，殊不知她在瑞典和日本可是人氣紅不讓的陶藝家。Lisa Larson是瑞典代表性的陶藝創作家，1931年出生於瑞典南方，求學階段即展現出過人的資質，受到斯堪地那維亞文化崇尚自然與生態的影響，她的作品多為可愛動物與小孩，有頭大大臉圓圓的憨獅 / 北京狗，一體成形的火狐 / 狡黠的貓咪 / 拖把熊，每隻小動物都個性十足，獨成一派。

1970年Lisa Larson代表瑞典造訪日本大阪萬國博覽會，她那些童話色彩強烈又癒療的動物們，在引進日本的短期間內立即獲得相當高的評價 (在東京有專賣店)。而今Lisa Larson已步入高齡，時至今日仍傾心創作。年歲隨著小日子增長，可是那些活潑而平凡的春日氣息，還是持續存在於她的創作中。





Lisa Larson (information from Wikipedia)
Larson was born in 1931 in the south of Sweden. Studied at College of Crafts and design in Gothenburg 1949-54. Then employed at Gustavsberg porcelain by the Artistic Director Stig Lindberg. Larson left Gustavsberg in 1980 to work freelance for a number of Swedish companies including Duka, Kooperativa Förbundet and Åhléns. In 1992, she founded Gustavsberg Ceramic Studio with a few of her old colleagues. In the studio, new design and small scale production still takes place.








官網連結 (official website link - Japan / official website link - Sweden)
原圖資料來自於comfota (source original from comfota)

雕塑家 (Sculptor)：Walter Bosse
年份 (Year)：1904 - 1979
國籍 (Country)：奧 / 德

Walter Bosse出生於1904年11月13日的維也納，是藝術家Luise和Julius Bosse的兒子，從小就受到父母在藝術上的薰陶，其父親曾作為朝廷肖像畫家。1918年至1921年期間Walter Bosse 在分別在Michael Powolny 與Franz Cižek門下學習陶藝與首飾製作的相關專業，隨後加入Münchner Kunstgewerbeschule (慕尼黑應用藝術學院)，並首次在Josef Hoffmann的店中販賣自己的產品。

隨著其作品在工業 / 裝飾藝術國際博覽會上嶄露頭角，Walter Bosse的名號在市場上越來越普及並廣為人知，在1938年時，他由德國搬回到維也納，創立了Bosse-Keramik，旗下的Terra系列產品種類相當廣泛 : 包括玻璃，玩具，紡織品等，以及各種做為禮品的工藝品。在1940年代後期，Walter Bosse開始用黃銅做為陶瓷模型的外層金屬保護塗料 (避免商品在運送過程中受到擦撞等磨損，進而影響賣相)，1950年代初期出產的黃銅鍍黑漆系列產品(金黑線)，更是瞬間風靡全國。

然而，黃銅系列產品的熱銷，對於Walter Bosse在經濟方面的問題並無多大改善。1953年時他搬回伊瑟隆，在當地創立了新的店面繼續販賣產品，除了原本的黃銅系列外，又另外追加研發了開信刀，鑰匙扣，開瓶器等小型生活用品。此時他的作品開始廣泛普及國際市場 (特別是黃銅刺猬煙灰缸和手形碗組)，而隨著這波風潮，市面上陸續出現相關仿冒品。

Walter Bosse在他創作的後半餘生花了許多金錢與時間周旋在這些盜版商之間，官司不曾停歇。其作今依舊耐人尋味，讓世界各地的收藏家們為之瘋狂。他樂觀的態度也反應在自身對於人與動物一舉一動的敏銳的觀察力上。




Walter Bosse的作品讓人留下深刻印象，特別是晚期的黃銅系列 (金黑線)。我手上有一組黃銅刺猬煙灰缸，這套6隻一組的母子煙灰缸，由小到大每一隻特色各異，除了刺猬家族外，火燄小馬王，小狐狸，驢子，斑馬和小象燭台也讓人愛不釋手。有心想蒐集的網友請留意 : 因為Walter Bosse的產品海外仿品眾多(據說市面超過100多萬組)，目前確定賣正品的商家只有modernviennabronze，而他們家的刺猬煙灰缸亦是復刻品，很可惜的是該原模在二次世界大戰中已遺失。PD.下圖斑馬和小驢子是本人目前最想入手的小品。



Walter Bosse (information from Wikipedia)
Walter Bosse, born November 13, 1904, in Vienna, was the son of artists Luise and Julius Bosse. His father worked as a portrait painter at the imperial court. Walter Bosse attended the Wiener Kunstgewerbeschule (Vienna School of Applied Arts) from 1918 to 1921, where he studied ceramics under Michael Powolny, and ornament under Franz Cižek. He then attended the Münchner Kunstgewerbeschule (Munich School of Applied Arts). During his schooling he was given the opportunity to sell his work at the Wiener Werkstätte by Josef Hoffmann, who became a mentor to Bosse. Bosse opened his own shop in Kufstein in 1923.

In 1938, now divorced, Bosse moved back to Vienna where he founded Bosse-Keramik (Bosse Ceramics), which expanded under the new name “Terra” to include glass, toys, textiles. and a variety of craft items for the gift market. In the late 1940s, Bosse began experimenting with brass by giving his ceramic figures a metal coating to protect them from breakage. In the early 1950s, Bosse began his “Black Golden” line of brass figurines. He transitioned all of his efforts to brass. The figures became popular worldwide.



Despite Bosse's success with his brass figures, it was still a difficult time for him financially. In 1953, partly fleeing from financial troubles, he moved to Iserlohn where he set up a new shop and continued production. Bosse also collaborated with Karlsruhe State Majolika Works on a number of pottery animal figures. In 1958, he designed for Achatit Schirmer in Cologne. Bosse also turned his efforts to small, everyday items such as letter openers, keyrings, corkscrews, and pencil holders, all of which bear his distinctive "black and gold" look. A number of Bosse’s designs began to gain widespread popularity internationally, particularly his brass hedgehog ashtrays and hand-shaped bowls. But the designs' success led to forgeries popping up worldwide. His hedgehog ashtrays were reproduced by many forgers in various countries and with varying degrees of precision. To protect his designs, he engaged in court battles which would last the rest of his life and deplete most of his money. Because of these cases, he is considered to be a seminal figure relating to modern copyright law for designer goods.The last years of Bosse’s life saw him devoting much of his time and money to his legal disputes and on December 17, 1979, Bosse died with no money to his name in Iserlohn. His oeuvre consists of about 8,000 models and designs, of which about 3,000 are ceramics.

官網連結 (official website link)
原圖資料來自於modernviennabronze / Alyssa Zukas - pinterest (source original from modernviennabronze / Alyssa Zukas - pinterest)

文章最後更新時間: 2015/06/03
品牌 (Brand)：4D Master
年份 (Year)：1997
產地 (Original)：香港

4D Master可說是我步入模型收集的一個啟發點，自從將手邊的4D Master產品全部出清後，我就全心投入動物模型圈。台灣人對這個品牌的印象遠比其他歐美大廠還要更加鮮明，許多生態展覽相關的場所都有在販售。該廠商在行銷推廣上做得非常好，產品市場廣泛，範圍遍布全球各地，包括美國，加拿大，德國，英國，北歐，日本，南非，東南亞......等國家皆可見其蹤影，打從2005年3月底開始，進一步開放獨家代理權 : 各別駐點於法國，西班牙，墨西哥，新加坡和馬來西亞，韓國，印尼，台灣，俄羅斯和中東地區。

產品區分為:人體解剖 / 細胞 / 野生動物 / 奇幻生物 / 太空冒險 / 海洋生物 / 鳥類 / 動物解剖 / 昆蟲 / 寵物 / 農場動物 / 交通工具。這系列產品創意十足，色彩鮮豔，總能引起小孩或部分成人的共鳴，吵著要敗一套回家玩玩。小型動物模型要價也不貴，價格落在100-200之間，鳥類的材質比名犬 / 野生動物要來的硬。接縫明顯是個大缺點，這系列產品趣味性和教育性遠勝過收藏價值。不過，這類以解剖學為賣點的模型也不算創新，早在50-60年前就有商人將腦筋轉到這塊。

4D Master (information from 4D Master)
Since founded in 1997, Fame Master has been specializing in designing, manufacturing and exporting plastic educational toys, puzzles and figurines of high quality and innovation on a worldwide basis.

In 1998, we created our first figurine character series named "ALIEN Q ™.", which was so well received by the kids and teenagers. Over 5 million pieces had been sold through various channels, including fast food shops (e.g. KFC & HARDEES), chain stores, department stores, theme parks, etc., spreading all over the world. Currently, Fame Master puts major focus in both the 4D PUZZLE ™ and GEAR'X ™ product lines, which are both highly recognized for their authenticated look, museum quality, detailed finishing, novel and attractive design, fine-tuned painting, educational while enjoyable and inspiring meaning contained in puzzle-building form or gear-motivated tools, to be offered at competitive prices without compromise to the top quality.

官網連結 (official website link)

文章最後更新時間: 2015/06/03
品牌 (Brand)：Lineol
年份 (Year)：1905
產地 (Original)：德 (Germany)

Lineol 成立於1905 (超過百年的老店) ，最後一批模型生產時間為1965，二戰後此廠商歸屬於東德，並於1949年搬遷至德累斯頓 (Dresden)，隨後改名為 VEB-Lineol-Plastik， Lineol 的商標權最終被 Gert Duscha Modellspielwaren 所收購，旗下產品多為戰爭主題 (現代 / 中世紀 / 一戰 / 二戰 / 西部 / 原住民等)，伴隨少量的動物園主題和農場動物，近年來成為外國網友炙手可熱的收藏，風格給人一種濃濃的懷舊感，雖然塗裝遠不如現今來的細緻 (那年代由於物質缺乏，所使用的材質和現今也不同，故難以保存)，第2代的動物系列神韻寫實，誇張的表情帶有點驚悚，這種矛盾的衝突感值得玩味。有興趣的人不仿參觀看看hkhollinstone的網站，她所收集的那幾款可算是經典之作。

第一代模型 :1906-1920
第二代模型 :1920-1930
第三代模型 :1930-1950
第四代模型 :1950-1965





照片轉載於toyanimal.info-Lineol

Lineol (information from toyanimal.info)
Lineol was founded in 1905 by Oskar Wiederholz and produced composition figures in competition with Hausser Elastolin. They continued composition production until 1965. The company was nationalized in East Germany and moved to Dresden in 1949 as VEB-Lineol-Plastik. The Lineol trademark was purchased by Gert Duscha Modellspielwaren, they have produced a limited number of animals in cast resin.

官網連結 (official website link)

文章最後更新時間: 2015/06/03

Breyer這個名字在占卜學中代表的是勇於創新：在旁觀者眼中，名字主人會是一個性情獨立，生氣蓬勃，坦率，充滿自信的人。不容易因為旁人的意見就遷就或改變自己的原則，導致旁人很難接受你的強烈作風，所以你多半也只會和臭味相投的人交往，一旦建立友誼，你將會很忠誠堅定，更不能容忍別人批評自己朋友。

品牌 (Brand)：Breyer
年份 (Year)：1950
產地 (Original)：美 (United States)

只要是愛馬人仕應該都會為之著迷的品牌，Breyer是一家出產各種比例馬模型為主流商品的模型公司，和CollectA的馬一樣給人飄逸的神話感 (CollectA目前的馬模型師出師於Breyer)，非常寫實，B社除了馬之外也有出產少量動物與場景周邊，但並非主打商品。目前國內沒有代理商，他們家的產品個人雖然沒接觸過，不過據買過的外國網友評測，模型的材質比較脆，拿來把玩要相當小心，每年新品常搭配各種不同主題做販售(聖誕節或童書系列等)。

Breyer (information from Breyer Animal Creations®)
Breyer® models begin as beautiful horse sculptures created by leading equine artists that are then cast into a copper and steel mold. Each model is created one at a time from the original mold, which is injected with a special resin selected by Breyer for its ability to capture the depth of detail, delicate feel and richness of color in our models. Once the model is molded, Breyer’s artisans take over, and the handwork begins. Each individual Breyer® model is prepped and finished by hand and then turned over to the painting department for hand painting (with airbrushes) and detailing (with paint brushes). In all, some 20 artisans work on each individual model horse, creating an exquisite hand-made model horse that is as individual as the horse that inspired it.

Breyer Animal Creations® began as the Breyer Molding Company, a Chicago, Illinois-based plastics manufacturing company. Its first model horse, the # 57 Western Horse, made its appearance in 1950. It was a special order for the F.W. Woolworth Company, made to adorn a mantelpiece clock. The company was then flooded with requests from people who saw it and wanted to know if they could purchase just the horse! By accepting that one order, the Breyer Molding Company had changed the focus of its business and company direction forever!

官網連結 (official website link)

文章最後更新時間: 2015/06/05

Safari就是狩獵者的意思

品牌 (Brand)：Safari Ltd
年份 (Year)：1982-
產地 (Original)：美 (United States)

個人很少買它們的作品，物種眾多的動物模型生產商，包括冷門物種，年齡層偏低，偶爾會出現讓人眼睛為之ㄧ亮的佳作，塗裝色彩鮮艷，比例大小差很多 (笑)，比例控的網友在選購時要多留意。奇跡系列的動物素模不錯，該系統模型多為中空，刻劃相較於普通版的動物也更加在乎細節方面的處理。

官網連結 (official website link)

文章最後更新時間: 2015/06/05

MOJO這個詞讓人第一個想到的就是飛天小女警中的魔人啾啾，代表好運，充滿魅力或良好的技能，而這些優點源自於當事者的"超能力" (魔力)。

品牌 (Brand)：MOJÖ (Mojo fun)
年份 (Year)：2010
產地 (Original)：總部在香港，英國亦有設立辦公室(但公司成立者是英國人，模型師也多為英籍，海外網友們將其視為比CollectA還更"英國"的廠商)

MOJÖ 可說是目前最年輕的動物模型生產商，由CollectA獨立出來的新公司，因成立資歷不長，所以產品種類也不多，塗裝特色為單調的色彩 (灰色調)，少見鮮艷物種，層次單薄，未來應該有許多成長的空間，動物姿態相對僵直，目前買過的動物中，個人覺得最好的是美洲黑熊和犀牛。

MOJÖ (information from ToyAnimalWiki)
Mojö is a newer company based in Hong Kong, begun in 2011. It was started by former employees of CollectA, and has an active relationship with customers and the STS Forum. The company is also known as Mojöfun or Mojö Fun.

官網連結 (official website link)

文章最後更新時間: 2015/03/19
品牌 (Brand)：Papo
年份 (Year)：1983s
產地 (Original)：法 (France)

Papo這個名字在占卜學中代表的是雙重性格：在旁觀者眼中，名字主人是一個善於表達自己，相當主動積極，生氣蓬勃，心地善良，敦厚溫和的人。但在其他時刻，你會發現自己被動消極的那面，如：自哀自憐，情緒化和抑鬱。如果當事人能多展露個性中建設性強的那面，並學會如何掌控自己的負面情緒，在日常生活中將無所不利。

Papo 的產品風格真的很"法國"，怎麼說呢？不同產線的產品水準有著天壤之別，給消費者一種很"隨性"(?)的感覺，每年壓軸新品都放在快年底前才釋出，同時也是各大廠中最晚釋放出新品目錄的廠商。個人覺得它們家的經典動物如貓科與恐龍可說是目前市面平價模型表現最棒的 (雖說如此，貓科系列也還是大有落差)，野生動物一代"精品"和"地雷"都不少。

其特色是如同雕塑般的肌理與油畫般的厚重塗裝，價格比其它家同類型的物種略偏高，產品種類超過600種以上。部分模型有所謂"精緻版"和"普版"的不同(如2014年的站立灰熊)。在台代理商為wingmax。

此外！值的ㄧ提的是其研發的恐龍模型曾被用於電影《侏羅紀公園》中，不過畢竟是以兒童市場為主流，Papo 的恐龍模型與SideShow等公司推出的博物館級恐龍模型相比還有差距 (但對於像普通愛好者而言已經感覺很不錯了，至少產品精緻度比各類博物館或者遊樂場裡賣的恐龍玩具要細膩多了，所有Papo恐龍都是Made in China)。和其它兒童玩具廠商ㄧ樣，為了避免小孩在把玩模型時受到傷害，尖銳的牙齒／角／爪等部份都特意打磨。

發展年表
1983年 papo在法國成立。
1999年 在歐洲市場發展
2000年 開始全球化品牌運作。
2005年在美國建立第一家子公司，並在紐約州北部有物流設施。
2007年 在德國法蘭克福建立子公司。
2010年英國伯明翰建立子公司建立，次年在英國建立物流設施。
2014年與寧波市恆興玩具有限公司簽訂戰略合作協議成立中國營銷中心。

Papo (information from ToyAnimalWiki)
Papo is a major manufacturer of toy animals and figures from France. The company began in the 1990s and has since produced over 500 different figures.

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文章最後更新時間: 2015/06/03
品牌 (Brand)：CollectA
年份 (Year)：
產地 (Original)：英 (總部設在香港, 母公司為Procon Asia)

CollectA 的產品在台灣比較普遍，"石尚自然探索屋"可見其蹤影。產品種類很多 (超過450種以上)，價格漂亮(但由2014-15年開始有調高的趨勢)，近年來的產線有大異動，陸陸續續出產了許多冷門的偶蹄動物與小動物，因為成人這塊市場大餅？

造型塗裝上乘，期盼它們能將稀有動物慢慢出完。動物整體比例來看腿偏細，動態優雅，續偶蹄類之後，奇蹄類則也從2013開始表現越來越搶眼。馬類的造型動態飄逸，充滿神話感。該公司很在乎網友對產品的評價，每年新品設計前都會在論壇上開放同好網友，作為投票票選決定當年度的新品種類。和其他家相比之下C家的動物材質略偏軟，偶爾會有腿站不穩或歪斜的狀況。

CollectA (information from ToyAnimalWiki)
CollectA is a large manufacturer of toy animals based in Hong Kong. Their parent company is Procon Asia, and earlier released figures include both Procon and CollectA on tags. The CollectA trademark is now predominant. They produce a full range of animal types but are best known for their extensive line of Prehistoric Life featuring many unusual species.

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文章最後更新時間: 2015/06/12
品牌 (Brand)：Schleich
年份 (Year)：1935-
產地 (Original)：德 (Deutschland)

2017.03.16文章最後更新
Schleich一詞源自於”slichen”(古高地德語，普遍使用於西元1050- 1500之間)，專指那些行為鬼鬼祟祟，背地裡偷偷摸摸的人。

歷史與簡介(資料來自於wiki百科)
Schleich (台灣譯：史萊奇 大陸：思樂) 是一間生產玩具模型的德國公司，成立於1935年。公司總部設於德國，主要產品銷售重心為歐洲各國，光在德國的銷售量就佔了一半。然而，它們的產品也廣泛銷往世界各地，在英國，澳大利亞和北美等地皆有設立專櫃，最早是做藍精靈與史奴比出家，並於80年代開始出產動物模型，2003開始生產騎士系列、精靈系列與西部主題。

Schleich產品市場偏幼齡孩童，旗下動物的頭部相較於其它廠比例偏大。呈現出一種可愛的傻氣，噴色感溫潤，整體而言統一感強，色彩的層次感自然而純熟。走保守大眾市場，旗下品種多為市面常見的動物，對於小型動物的萌感掌握獨到，家畜與名馬系列皆為其強項 (特別是牛類)。

買家們不仿仔細看看，新入手的動物們身上標籤的小圓點，這些不同顏色的小點分別代表該產品價位等級，由高<-低順序分別為：褐>灰>黃>紅>藍>綠。再細分下去，模型產地又分成德版 (made in Germany) / 中版 (made in China) / 葡版 (made in Portugal) / 突尼西亞版 (made in Tunisia)，各版本在塗裝上略有差異 (請參考這篇對照文:思樂新款熊，散，中，德對比和STS論壇外國網友所發表的開箱文: Let`s line up the PICTURES of Schleich models made in different COUNTRIES )，其中一些塗裝差異甚至大到讓網友們會誤以為是盜版。在台代理商為麗嬰國際。

2017後記
Schliech的作品我最近這2年都沒入手...因為他們家的風格這3年內變了很多..這邊所謂"變很多"是朝向我個人比較"不喜歡"的方向，動物模型蒐集者中，成年人佔了一塊不小的市場，但S家的產品風格這幾年來越來越"幼(雖然S原本就主打學齡年兒童市場..但以往作品在比例上頭還沒這麼大..腿也沒這麼粗)"，動物的毛感/造型/眼睛的塗裝方式也和往年差很多...個人猜想應該是換了模型設計師吧?也少見讓人眼睛為之一亮的新物種，都舊版重出，相對於C家每年都挑戰少見 / 冷門物種讓成人蒐集者買的很高興，S家差不多應該要有所突破了。

Schleich (information from wikipedia)
Schleich is a German producer of toy figurines and accessories. The company is headquartered in Germany. The traditional market for Schleich products is Mainland Europe, with half their sales in Germany.[1] However, their toys are sold worldwide and are now becoming quite popular in the United Kingdom, Australia and North America, where the Schleich figures are available from Target, Meijer, The Toy Animal Company, Toys "R" Us, and also in the prestigious FAO Schwarz toy shop on Fifth Avenue.

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