Hungarian Erno Toth sculpts a likeness of the late Apple co-founder
In his Budapest studio, sculptor Erno Toth prepares a wax model for a new bronze statue of the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. Here, the sculptor removes the model for the head from a plaster mould.Lazlo Balogh/Reuters
Mr. Toth works on the fine details of the wax head for the statue, commissioned by Gabor Bojar, head of hungarian software maker Graphisoft. When Mr. Bojar started his company in the 1980s, he smuggled four Apple MacIntosh computers through the Iron Curtain.Laszlo Balogh/Reuters
Mr. Toth examines the wax head and hand.Laszlo Balogh/Reuters
An assistant to Mr. Toth works on the cast model.Laszlo Balogh/Reuters
The cast model of the face takes shape.Laszlo Balogh/Reuters
The cast head is freed from its cradle.Laszlo Balogh/Reuters
The sculptor tries various hand gestures on a model for the statue. In the other hand, the iconic iPhone. The trademark glasses have been added.Laszlo Balogh/Reuters
An assistant to Mr. Toth casts in bronze the Steve Jobs statue.Laszlo Balogh/Reuters
Workers carefully shift the assembled bronze statue.Laszlo Balogh/Reuters
An assistant to Mr. Toth makes an adjustment to the statue.Laszlo Balogh/Reuters
The head of the Steve Jobs statue, complete with trademark glasses, also in bronze. The statue will be delivered to its new owner, Gabor Bojar, on Dec. 20.Laszlo Balogh/Reuters