About the Sculptor
Stages of Bronze Casting
Stages of Bronze Casting
The sculptor, John Lajba, demonstrating the first phase of the casting process. There will be sixteen separate pieces that will be cast into bronze and these pieces will then be closely inspected and carefully handcrafted prior to the final assembly stage of welding them together into the life size sculpture.
Stages of Bronze Casting
Stages of Bronze Casting
Stages of Bronze Casting
The stages of a bronze sculpture casting are modeling the original sculpture, usually in clay or wax; making a mold of the sculpture; casting a wax replica of the sculpture using the mold; encasing the wax replica in a ceramic shell; melting away (or "losing")
Stages of Bronze Casting
the wax to leave a hollow mold; pouring molten bronze into this mold; allowing the bronze to cool and harden; breaking away the ceramic shell; and finally, cleaning and polishing the bronze sculpture.