Process

David

Apr 12, 20204 min read

PLAYING WITH FIRE 9

BRONZE CASTING PROCESS: POST 9 PATINA I hope you all have stayed well, and that you keep finding things to do that you love doing. In...

David

Mar 30, 20205 min read

PLAYING WITH FIRE 8

BRONZE CASTING PROCESS: POST 8 As we continue our social distancing as it has come to be called, I find it a bit hard to focus on what...

David

Mar 22, 20207 min read

PLAYING WITH FIRE 7

This blog entry includes a bit about our pandemic, as we go forward, then just more casting process.

David

Mar 1, 20205 min read

PLAYING WITH FIRE 6

BRONZE CASTING PROCESS: POST 6 KEEPING MY EARS When the wax trees have been assembled, their branches heavily fruited with most...

David

Feb 23, 20202 min read

PLAYING WITH FIRE 5

BRONZE CASTING PROCESS: POST 5 POURING WAXES Once the original pattern has ben cut free of the molds, hot wax will be poured into the...

David

Feb 13, 20203 min read

PLAYING WITH FIRE 4

BRONZE CASTING PROCESS: Post 4 MOLD MAKING Often when I have described the bronze casting process some confusion creeps in at this point....

David

Feb 8, 20204 min read

PLAYING WITH FIRE 3

BRONZE CASTING PROCESS: POST 3 KEEPING IT TOGETHER Many forms one might wish to create need some sort of skeleton upon which to build....

David

Feb 4, 20203 min read

PLAYING WITH FIRE 2

BRONZE CASTING PROCESS: Post 2 A THINK BEING THUNK The first stage in any piece is having an idea of what to make. A think has to have...

David

Feb 2, 20201 min read

PLAYING WITH FIRE

BRONZE CASTING PROCESS Part one of a series of posts One of the most compelling things about working with bronze is playing with fire! I...