- Amalgam Collection and photographer Alan Thornton have launched a limited-edition series of fine art prints featuring iconic British cars, the Jaguar E-Type Series 1 and the 1965 Land Rover Series IIa.
- The collection showcases Thornton's artistic approach, celebrating the cultural significance and unique aesthetics of the vehicles, appealing to car enthusiasts and collectors, with prints accompanied by digital signatures and ready-to-hang subframes, reinforcing Amalgam's reputation for exquisite craftsmanship.
- The Fine Art Prints measure 85cm wide x 60cm tall are limited to just 200 copies, or 60cm wide x 42cm tall and are limited to 300 copies.
- Media assets can be downloaded here.
Bristol, UK - 18th March, 2025: Amalgam Collection and renowned photographer Alan Thornton today revealed a collection of fine art prints featuring two iconic British motor cars, the Jaguar E-Type Series 1 and the 1965 Land Rover Series IIa. This exclusive collection has been created with a very detailed fine art printing process used by the legendary pop artist Andy Warhol, amongst other luminaries of the 1960s art scene, capturing for enthusiasts and collectors the very essence of these classic vehicles.
Each of the images captured by Thornton and meticulously converted into half tones, is offered in either a limited-edition series of 200 or 300 Fine Art Prints, each measuring either 85cm wide x 60cm tall or 60cm wide x 42cm tall.
The Jaguar E-Type Series 1, famed for its sleek and powerful presence, has been perfectly captured by Thornton's technique. Similarly, the 1965 Land Rover Series IIa, celebrated for its rugged, pragmatic minimalism, is perfectly captured by Thornton's discerning lens and his refined reworking, intensifying the legend’s enduring appeal.
Celebrating the artist’s collaboration with Amalgam, the fusion of art, design, and automotive history in this collection brings a unique perspective on these beloved vehicles and their cultural significance.
Jaguar and Land Rover aficionados, as well as collectors and design enthusiasts, will fully appreciate Thornton's precise and meticulous approach in bringing the Jaguar Series 1 E Type and the 1965 Land Rover Series IIa to life in a fresh and captivating manner. This artwork collection is a testament to the enduring allure of these iconic British motor cars and Alan Thornton’s commitment to the continuation of a refined and elegant English aesthetic.
The Amalgam Collection is known for its exquisite craftsmanship and attention to detail in creating replicas and models of luxury and vintage cars. Partnering with Alan Thornton, a distinguished photographer celebrated for his artistic vision, has resulted in a unique fusion of automotive excellence and creative photography. Edition number and signature will be digitally embedded in the print, both of which will be taken from the matching original Certificate of Authenticity. Artwork will also be supplied with a subframe on the back, enabling immediate float hanging on the wall and no requirement for framing.
Amalgam Collection and Alan Thornton
Sandy Copeman, founder of Amalgam Collection, on the artworks of Alan Thornton: “Amalgam’s core mission has always been to capture iconic cars in supremely detailed large-scale models. When I met with Alan Thornton in 2020 it became clear to me very quickly that he was on a parallel mission to fully comprehend and capture iconic car designs and render them into perfectly worked 2D artworks. As with Amalgam’s models, Alan’s work exudes a passionate attention to the finest details, melded together to deliver a deep and powerful image of the subject car. Alan’s artistic comprehension of the car designer’s intentions, combined with his extreme technical virtuosity and a passion for the automotive subjects, results in very special artworks of great intensity and beauty.”
The Amalgam Collection and Alan Thornton Fine Art is available at www.amalgamcollection.com.
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About Amalgam Collection:
Amalgam’s team of crafts-people are recognised worldwide as makers of the finest hand-made large-scale models. Their work is unique in its attention to detail, with a focus on creating models that truly capture the style and spirit of each car. They have dedicated all their skill and passion to achieving a level of excellence that raises the impact and value of each finished piece far above anything previously created.
For cars they have already modelled at 1:8 in a limited edition, the team at Amalgam offers a tailormade service, customising a model to perfectly match the specification of an owner’s real car. For owners of unique very high value cars, Amalgam Collection offers even bigger 1:5 or 1:4 ‘one-off’ model builds from their UK workshops in Bristol, England. The team will digitally scan the car wherever it is in the world and take up to a thousand pictures of every detail, allowing them to perfectly and accurately replicate everything at scale. Given the significant number of hours required to develop a unique model, the costs are high, so the model is built at a very large scale to maximise the impact and detail, and to deliver the ultimate finished piece.
Amalgam Collection’s design, management and development heart is in England, with extraordinarily skilled and dedicated teams producing the bigger editions in Hungary and China. They are a multinational, multicultural team of craftsmen and women, dedicated to creating the world’s most precise, beautiful and exclusive models. Inspired by the F1 teams and iconic luxury car marques of England and Italy that they serve and partner with, they take huge pride in their mission to perfectly capture the designs, and honour the designers, drivers and creators of the automotive art they love.
HOW AMALGAM MODELS ARE CREATED
- The patterns are created using original CAD from the manufacturer, or extraordinarily accurate digital scans and hundreds of photographs of an original classic car.
- The patterns are used to create silicon rubber moulds that capture every detail.
- Prototyping resin is used to cast the parts from the silicon moulds. Around 20 to 30 parts can be cast from each mould and then a new one must be made.
- Each model is built from thousands of parts: castings, photo-etchings and CNC machined metal components.
- Genuine car paints and manufacturer or archive colour references are used to spray the bodywork.
- It takes between 2,500 and 4,500 hours to develop the tooling for each model.
- It takes between 250 and 450 hours to cast, fit, fettle, paint and build each model.
Every Amalgam Fine Model Car is made entirely by hand from thousands of parts. Detailed original CAD data is supplied by the car's manufacturer or the race team of the car to be modelled. The process of developing each model and creating the master patterns takes between 2,500 and 4,500 hours of skilled work depending on the complexity of the car, with classic cars taking the longest.
In the case of the classic cars an extremely accurate digital scan is made of the car, and hundreds of photographs of all the details of a carefully selected original car are taken, to ensure complete accuracy and adherence to the authentic finishes and materials. Many parts of the model are machined from metal with the major components hand cast from prototyping resin. Each model is individually assembled by a small team of highly skilled model-makers. In total the time taken to machine, cast, hand fettle, paint, polish and assemble each model is between 250 and 450 hours of highly skilled work depending on the complexity of the car.
The finished model is a very precise scale replica of the original car with every detail perfectly and authentically represented at an 8th of the original size. This is modelling elevated to such a high level that it becomes an art form.
Since 1995 Amalgam have been admired and hugely respected by leading designers and engineers in the European automotive industry, as well as F1 designers, drivers and team principals. Amalgam's models appear on the desks of CEOs and presidents of the world's most important car companies. Due to the extreme accuracy and authenticity of Amalgam's creations, made in small limited editions, they are also much sought after by devoted collectors of fine handmade objects across Europe and in the USA.
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