Investment Casting Make Bronze Transformed into Fine Art

Investment Casting Make Bronze Transformed into Fine Art
Although most of the foundries in the United States has chosen a process called ceramic shell casting, the Modern Art Foundry still uses an old technique known as solid investment casting for large scale work."There is a huge difference," said the sculptor Bill Sullivan, a customer of 18 years seeking casting for this very reason. "The technique of the Old World is known for its ability to make the patina - the bronze patina process absorbs like a sponge."
The Foundry rents a corner of the shop to Victor Velastegui, offering private lessons throughout the year. On a recent morning sleepy Thursday, attended a high school student preparing a rubber mold. Latin dance music filtered from the next room, where workers tended to a sculpture.

Both types produce casting a bronze replica of an original exact created by the artist. Through a series of molds and forms duplicate workers create a copy of wax. In the solid investment casting process, which is then coated with wax by hand with a mixture of gypsum. The mold is placed in an oven, the wax melts and the molten bronze can be poured inside.
Another student, Braxston Coleman, outlined in his book."The first time I came here, I did not know what I was doing," he said.Two months later, had three sculptures. Showed a bronze relief of an abstract scene that had just ended.Most of the casting competition has moved upstate or on Long Island, where space is cheaper and more relaxed regulations. But being close to where many artists live has definite advantages. When the sculptor Sara Rahbar recently asked if she could spend more time working in a foundry in the head, the primrose family gave a space inside the foundry to make any changes necessary.
"I could grow with them as an artist," said Rahbar. "The fact is that it is a family business."