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Best Prehistoric & Contemporary Animal Replicas<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tArt restorer and archaeologist turned sculptor. J. Miguel Aparicio has been modelling prehistoric and living animals by hand for years, one series at a time.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The artist: J. Miguel Aparicio<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Art restorer, archaeologist, and sculptor of animals that most people will never see<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe collection is not planned in advance. It is made up of several series that follow, exclusively, whatever has caught my interest at a given moment \u2014 a region, an ecosystem, a geological period.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Palearctic realm, the fauna of the Tibetan plateau, the Iberian Mediterranean, the Pleistocene steppe, the Miocene of central Spain. Each series grows as long as it holds my attention, and the world of fauna is large enough that they will keep growing.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEvery piece is sculpted and painted by hand by J. Miguel Aparicio in his studio.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAnatomy and proportions are reconstructed from fossils, skeletal studies and current research.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tQuestions about a piece, its scale or its finish are answered personally by the sculptor.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLooking for a species that is not in the catalogue? Ask about a made-to-order piece.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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