| We sand cast elements of many of our sculptures. Some examples are the bottoms of our larger vessels such as the "Crab Bowl", top of the "Tall Iguana Bowl" and the legs for the "Crow Table". A wood pattern is needed for each piece. The legs of the "Crow Table" are actual branches of trees and the patterns for the round forms are turned on a wood lathe. These patterns are used to create two part molds of bonded sand. Bronze ingot is melted in a furnace and poured into the molds. The "Silver Suit" is worn for protection from splashing bronze. The castings that come out of this process require quite a lot of grinding and polishing as the sand surface is never as smooth as a wax surface. |
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