Exceptionally crafted, solid metal, limited-production sculptures for a fortunate few—Michael Etrick

What you are looking at here is an incredible piece of automotive art.?More than a decade in the making, the idea for this sculpture came about when Michael Etrick, an American automotive design sculptor, was working for Audi.

He became fascinated with the prospect of bringing the 1930s Auto Union era to life in the form of fine art. Along with Raul Cenan, who has a long history of automotive design with VW/Audi and Ford, the two capture the essence of the 1936 Type C racer in this sculpture.

From concept,?the idea evolved into hand renderings, then to a clay model.

Molds were made, and a hard copy was reproduced out of fiberglass/ epoxy, which allowed Etrick to further refine the design. ?

Then the model was scanned using the latest digital software and this data was sent to a six-axis milling machine, which milled out the basic shape from a block of TC 6061 aluminum.

Once this rough piece of art was removed from the milling machine, the sculpture underwent more than 150 hours of intensive hand work by Michael and his daughter, Devin, in refining, polishing, assembling, and finishing the artwork to bring Etrick’s vision into brilliant reality.

For the curious, the Etrick’s started with 320 (dry) grit sandpaper and finished with 2000 (wet) grit.?The final gleaming, reflective surface is compliments of Mother’s Mag & Aluminum polish.

The quarter-scale model captured in these photos and videos is approximately 4-feet long and 2-feet wide.?And it weights more than 300 pounds.?Only nine will be produced at a price of $60,000.?A one-sixteenth scale model will be offered in a limited run of 99 at a cost of $3900.

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For more information, you can contact Michael at 949-279-4444.