FINE ART PREVIEW
decided to give it a go. I surprised myself with the discovery that sculpting seemed to come naturally to me and decided to study figurative sculpture at college.
Q:You create your work in a foundry in The Midlands and have an amazing mastery of technique. Can
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you describe the stages you go through from initial concept to completion?t
A: Once inspired I create a small scale model in either wax or clay. When I am happy with the idea
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in its three dimensions I consider the scale of the finished sculpture - 1/4, 1/3, 1/2 or life size. I then scale up and sculpt the finished piece. The next stage is to make a silicone mould. I start by painting the sculpture with liquid silicone. Once the silicone is dry I apply resin which dries hard giving a rigid outer case to support the flexible silicone rubber. The original sculpture is then discarded and the mould is cleaned and prepared for the first stage of the bronze casting process. First I pour or paint hot casting wax into the silicone mould. After building up several layers of wax the mould is then opened to reveal a wax replica of the original sculpture. This wax sculpture is then reworked until perfect, before taking it to the bronze casting foundry. The sculpture is then completely covered with plaster then placed in a kiln and baked until hard and the original wax sculpture melts away leaving a void for the molten bronze to be poured into. After about 24 hours the bronze has cooled, and the plaster case is chipped off revealing the raw bronze cast sculpture. After bead blasting to clean the surface, the sculpture is welded together if necessary then filed and polished ready for patination.
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