High Copper Prices Force Sculptors Into Post-Bronze Age
Category: CULTURE & ARTS
As poor as he was, Vincent van Gogh didn't use 10 percent less paint on his canvases to save money, and Michelangelo didn't substitute quartz for marble. But the rising price of copper, the main component of bronze, has forced more and more sculptors to economize.
By Daniel Grant, Contributor
Arts Journalist, 2013-01-05