Just Us Monuments

Here is our sculpture of the iconic slasher, #FreddyKrueger! See more pics on Instagram @justusmonuments I (Christian) have always been a Freddy/A Nightmare on Elm Street fan (I even recently bought the tv show #FreddysNightmares ) but my absolute favorite has always been Part II Freddy’s Revenge! Robert Englund definitely brought out a darker version of Freddy with his acting in that film. Coincidentally, we finished this sculpt on Robert‘s birthday! I took that as a good... sign. We waited to release the piece because we didn’t want to show it without the full impact of the glove, which was purchased from Razor Gloves. I cut and stained the leather, and cut and aged the metal with several metal patinas to match the glove to the movie. We have enjoyed the journey so far and are excited to bring the piece to completion. For sculpting reference, I used screenshots from Part II and an appliance application YouTube video by Kevin Yagher. ***Right now the project is just clay, but soon it will be molded and cast in colored plastic and painted, have real steel blades inserted into each casting, topped off with a real aged sweater and hat, and displayed on a minimal steel base to truly showcase the character. We just finished the photoshop file for the eyes, so each bust will have custom-made eyes too. We estimate the price to be $1000.00 + shipping. The first copies will take 3-4 weeks to finish from now, but the subsequent copies will only take 1-2 weeks per cast. These will be made for a limited run, and the first 2 are available for pre-order now! Message us to place your order!*** #anightmareonelmstreet #freddysrevenge #boilerroom #customcharacterportrait

Here’s another amazing project we did here recently! Fully painted, custom basrelief with engraving and frame: Put on the Full Armor of God Check out our Instagram for more pictures and backstory! Btw, we would looooove to do more faith-based art like this and more basreliefs too.. especially painted ones! 3D paintings are so dynamic and cool

Hey ladies and gentlemen! Here’s a couple fun projects we’ve had this past month. One is a beer can for a Fantasy Football trophy (we’re still curious what the backstory is) and the other is a tiny sculpture for inside a custom snow globe! Two creative ideas by our very creative customers and we’re thankful they came to us to make their visions come to life!

The most beautiful cold-cast marble we’ve created thus far! We came up with a special recipe and technique, so it’s truly a one-of-a-kind masterpiece. Today, Christian put the final touches of aging on this bust of Colonel Kurtz.

Website Under Construction We made some great changes to our website this past year, but there’s still room for improvement! Thank you for your patience and feel free to contact us here, on Etsy, Instagram, or via email to start the creative process with us.

We finally made samples of our cold-cast materials! This will make it a lot easier to choose the look you want for your custom artwork. We also have aging patinas, waxes, and stains that make cool effects too! We don’t have those samples created yet, but hey.. the year has just begun! #coldcasting #metalpowders #professionalartists #professionalsculptor #customartwork #commissionedart #samplematerials

We’re making big changes to our website so it will be easier than ever to order custom portrait busts, monuments and public art, and private custom art! Until then, be sure to follow us on Instagram @justusmonuments and check out our latest monument mock-up. Yes, we are skilled in all types of sculpture, from hyper realistic to 3D cartoons, to mid-century modern!

Two new sizes (8in and 12in) AND free shipping on all our custom portrait busts! Order now to have your masterpiece ready for the holidays!

Diving into the next phases of our big Wave project!

Time has flown by!! Our last post was New Years??.. YIKES! Well, we’ve been pretty busy with our big Wave commission, several portraits, and some interesting film/TV commissions. We’ve also updated our website a bit to help streamline the portrait commissioning process and our new business PayPal allows customers to view/edit estimates and buy with a credit card, not just a PayPal account. We’re still rockin Etsy and get quite a few custom inquiries through it... and we look forward to getting creative with you as well!

We love our black metal brothers at Empyrean Throne and enjoy seeing their use of the flaming hand pillars we created for them! This gif is especially awesome and we look forward to making more stage props for their next CD Check em out and stay tuned!

NEW to Etsy: more casting materials for portrait busts! Cold-cast metals now include stainless steel, tin, brass, copper, and iron and our cold-cast stones now include lime stone and granite! Have you heard of Pecan Shell castings??? Pecan shells mixed with resin creates a beautiful mahogany wood finish. How cool is that?! Your options to personalize art just got bigger https://www.etsy.com///custom-made-to-order-portrait-bust