Building the Ceramic
Shell

The wax
sculpture is cut into parts
and dipped into a ceramic
slurry and covered in sand
and wire mesh in multiple layers to form
the ceramic shell for
casting.

Bronze casting
 
After the
ceramic shells have been
poured with bronze and
allowed to cool, the ceramic
shell is broken away
revealing the newly cast
bronze.
Collection of body parts

As the
sculpture pieces are cast,
each piece is stored until
all the parts are complete.

Assembly

The body
parts are assembled for our
fist look at one of the
completed bronze sculptures.
Yes, that is actually metal.
If you look closely you can
see the seams where the
various pieces were tack
welded together at this
point.
Welding and Chasing
Bronze Sculpture

The pieces
are welded together and
chased to eliminate any
seams. Then the entire
bronze sculpture is hand
detailed to remove any
imperfections. This is
what raw bronze metal looks
like.
Sandblasting

Next the
entire sculpture is
sandblasted, cleaned and
ready for a patina.
Patina Bronze Sculpture
 
Finally the
completed sculpture is given
its color known as a
patina. In this
sculpture we used a
traditional brown patina.
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