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From Foundries to Fine Art


These works by Steve Hamm (left) and Joe Bellacera (above) were two of more than 30 creations from the wooden patterns.


Te California Metals Coalition, El Dorado Hills, Calif., collected obsolete wood mold patterns for many years and incorporated them into a metalcasting museum at Technikon


LLC’s McClellan, Calif., facility from 2000-2013. When that plant ceased operations, Tech- nikon CEO Bill Walden arranged to donate four pallets of wooden casting patterns to the Sacramento Tree Foundation for its Urban Wood Repurposing Program.


Artist William Ishmael, recognizing the craftsmanship in the pieces, assembled a group of local artists and discussed ideas for repurposing the patterns, which were used for castings such as pipes, valves, grate covers and water fountains. Te result was an 11-day exhibit in June that benefited the Tree Foundation’s environmental initiatives.


The patterns were donated when the California Metals Coalition closed its metalcasting museum. 56 | MODERN CASTING December 2014


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