Behind the Elvis project are the two Elvis fans Angela Storm and Meike Berger, who made it their task to erect a memorial for Elvis in Bad Nauheim. Because the two years that Elvis spent in Germany were formative for him, not least because he met his future wife Priscilla in Germany.
The goal of the project was to create a life-size bronze statue of Elvis that not only looked exactly like Elvis in the old photo, but would eventually be placed in the same place in Bad Nauheim. The city of Bad Nauheim even agreed to rebuild the old railings of the bridge that no longer exist, so that it looks like it did back then.
The most important part of working on the Elvis sculpture was carving out the facial features. The particular difficulty here was that Elvis could not be portrayed with his usual quiff, sideburns and stand-up collar, but with short hair, shaved temples and a military uniform. In constant consultation with our clients, sometimes directly on site, we perfected Elvis' facial features until even the most critical eyes of the fans were happy with the result.
We modeled numerous details on the uniform using carefully researched photos from Elvis' service in the US military. Some elements could only be found on a single photo, which we then used as a template.
Finally, we produced the sculpture with our 3D printers and bronzed the surface. In this way, our clients were able to present the sculpture at various events and give potential donors a better impression of the subsequent casting for the overall project. After the successful completion of the fundraising campaign, the presentation model served as the casting model for the bronze foundry as intended.