Word: wax
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...these works aren't due to he whims of a sculptor, but to the techniques used in the foundry of the man who cast them. These works are not pieces of marble carefully carved by one person, they are bronze and plaster versions of a work originally done in wax or clay, and then used to make a mold. With the help of elaborate measuring devices, a work could be (legally or illegally) copied in marble or clay. Sometimes the original artist supervised the reproduction process. In other cases he did not participate at all or the works were cast...
...veritable art, the correct choice of wax depends on two factors: one, the history of the snow (has it melted and refrozen?), and two, the water content of the snow...
Briefly, the colder the snow, and the more recent the last snowfall, the more "tooth" the crystals have and the harder the wax you should use. In contrast, older snow and higher temperatures demand a softer wax...
...hard waxes generally come in small foil cans while the soft waxes, or "klister" in Swedish, come in tubes, like toothpaste. (The hardness of a wax is determined by the proportion of wax to resin, and the klister is almost entirely resin...
...waxing chart above is a demonstration of how snow conditions and temperature combine to determine the optimum wax...