We want you to be familiar with the material that is used to create your sculpture selection. The sculptor creates the work of art in clay, or wax. A flexible mold is made, capturing every detail. A wax cast is made in the mold, then finished and covered with a shell from dipping in a ceramic slurry.
Molten bronze is poured into the resulting shell, displacing the wax.
The shell is then broken away and many hours of finishing labor are required to produce the finished work which may be colored with a chemical and heat process patina. Both names apply to a similar material. In a process similar to casting bronze, a mold is created and cast with a cold mixture of marble dust and catalyzed resin which produces a dense, rock-hard material that is superior to natural marble for exterior exposure. Similar to cast bronze, much hand finish work by artisans is required to produce a quality piece of fine sculpture. Life size castings require complex equipment to cool the heat produced by the catalyzed resin.