The famous lost-wax art of bronze casting is about 5,000 years old. And while the process has evolved over time, it’s a craft rich with history. You could say that at BronzeAge Art Casting, they are ...
What is lost-wax casting? -- Metalworking in Bronze age China -- Was lost-wax casting used in Bronze age China? -- Further confirmed lost-wax castings I: the Xiasi Jin -- Further confirmed lost-wax ...
* Sculpture is cut into pieces and covered with liquid silicone rubber, to make several two-part molds. * The original sculpture is made of a wax-based clay called plasticene. * Sculpture is cut into ...
A detailed study of a silver bracelet, discovered in 1884 in the necropolis of El Argar (Almería, southeastern Spain), has shown that it was made using the lost-wax casting technique. This is the ...
PORT TOWNSEND — Sculptor Tom Jay will explain the lost wax bronze casting process at the First Friday Lecture presented by the Jefferson County Historical Society on Feb. 5. The lecture will be at 7 p ...
The process -- The creation and preservation of the original sculpture in solid wax -- Making the reproductory wax -- Retouching the hollow reproductory wax -- Exterior preparation; tie rods, ...
To begin with, her face was almost unrecognizable. But, with each strike of the hammer, her features began to take shape. By the time Ercel Johnson paused to wipe his brow, the visage of Sacagawea ...
ANCHOR INTRO: Lost wax bronze casting is a 5000 year old art form but it is getting a new twist at the Grossmont College Sculpture Department. KPBS arts reporter Beth Accomando visits the foundry to ...
I’ve always thought that there are three things you can do with metal: cut it, bend it, and join it. Sure, I knew you could melt it, but that was always something that happened in big foundries- you ...