Casting sculpture
Casting is a manufacturing process by which a liquid material is
usually poured into a mold, which contains a hollow
cavity of the desired shape, and then allowed to solidify. The solidified part
is also known as a casting, which is ejected or broken out of the mold to
complete the process. Casting materials are usually metals or various cold setting materials that cure after mixing two or more components together; examples are epoxy, concrete, plaster and clay. Casting is most often used for
making complex shapes that would be otherwise difficult or uneconomical to make
by other methods. Casting is a 6000 year old process. The oldest surviving casting
is a copper frog from 3200 BC.
Bronze casting
Bronze alloys are popular metals
for sculpture creation, because they expand slightly before the setting,
filling in the details of a mold. Bronzes are stronger and more durable than
ceramic or marble sculptures. The making of bronze statues involves several
casting processes before the statue is finally cast in bronze. The first
life-size bronze statues were cast by ancient Greeks. Unfortunately, the value
of the metal throughout history has meant that few large ancient bronze statues
still exist. Many statues were broken down to build equipment and machinery
during wars.
Example of
bronze casting artist
- Frederic Sackrider Remington (October 4, 1861 – December 26, 1909) was an American painter, etcher, illustrator, sculptor, and writer who specialized in depictions of the Old American West, specifically concentrating on the last quarter of the 19th century American West and images of cowboys, American Indians, and the U. S. Cavalry.
- François Auguste-René Rodin (12 November 1840 – 17 November 1917), known as Auguste Rodin was a French sculptor. Although Rodin is generally considered the progenitor of modern sculpture, he did not set out to rebel against the past. He was schooled traditionally, took a craftsman-like approach to his work, and desired academic recognition, although he was never accepted into Paris's foremost school of art.
- Paul Howard Manship (December 24, 1885 – January 28, 1966) was an American sculptor. Paul Howard Manship was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on December 24, 1885, the son of Charles H. and Mary Etta (Friend) Manship.
- Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi (circa 1386 – December 13, 1466), also known as Donatello, was an early Renaissance Italian painter and sculptor from Florence. He is, in part, known for his work in bas-relief, a form of shallow relief sculpture that, in Donatello's case, incorporated significant 15th-century developments in perspectival illusionism.
- Sylvia Shaw Judson (1897–1978), also known as Sylvia Shaw Haskins, was an American sculptor and teacher.Shaw was born in 1897 in Lake Forest, Illinois, near Chicago, the daughter of prominent Chicago architect Howard Van Doren Shaw. She attended the Westover School in Connecticut. In 1917, she married Clay Judson (1892–1960), a Chicago lawyer. She studied with Anna Hyatt Huntington and Albin Polasek at the Art Institute of Chicago and went to Paris in 1920 to continue her studies under Antoine Bourdelle at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. Judson was influenced by Chinese sculpture and the work of French sculptor Aristide Maillol, whom she met in Paris.
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Yanez, Caesar
Specializes in dog sculptures.
Specializes in dog sculptures.
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Chromy, Anna
Creates bronze sculptures, paintings, drawings, and stage and costume designs for theaters and operas. Also provides an exhibition schedule and a virtual art gallery.
Creates bronze sculptures, paintings, drawings, and stage and costume designs for theaters and operas. Also provides an exhibition schedule and a virtual art gallery.
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Heppell, Leigh
Sexually oriented, erotic and nude bronze sculptures, many with BDSM or D/S themes, from the coy to explicit.
Sexually oriented, erotic and nude bronze sculptures, many with BDSM or D/S themes, from the coy to explicit.
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Hayes, Edd
Specializing in Western, maritime, wildlife, and monumental sculpture.
Specializing in Western, maritime, wildlife, and monumental sculpture.
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Vaadia, Boaz
Shares images of his contemporary stone and bronze works, plus a behind-the-scenes look at how these sculptures are made.
Shares images of his contemporary stone and bronze works, plus a behind-the-scenes look at how these sculptures are made.
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Henry, Sean
Official site of the British sculptor specializing in large-scale, oil-painted ceramic and bronze figures.
Official site of the British sculptor specializing in large-scale, oil-painted ceramic and bronze figures.
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Curtis, Mike
Creates wildlife sculptures with an emphasis on the bald eagle.
Creates wildlife sculptures with an emphasis on the bald eagle.
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Kingman, Brant
Cast bronze sculptures and oil & acrylic paintings. In English, Spanish, German and French.
Cast bronze sculptures and oil & acrylic paintings. In English, Spanish, German and French.
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Lake, Osprey Orielle
Offers images and information about the international peace project that includes placing several bronze monuments around the world.
Offers images and information about the international peace project that includes placing several bronze monuments around the world.
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Stephens, Virgil C.
Pencil drawings and bronze sculptures with Western themes.
Pencil drawings and bronze sculptures with Western themes.
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Dansik, Cary J.van
Bronze horse sculptures, with a focus on the Arabian horse.
Bronze horse sculptures, with a focus on the Arabian horse.
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Beck, Don
Offers sculptures and commissions of Western, wildlife, marine life, contemporary, and representational subjects.
Offers sculptures and commissions of Western, wildlife, marine life, contemporary, and representational subjects.
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Gershon, Razia
Includes biography of the bronze sculptor Razia Gershon, as well as pictures of her sculpture, and ordering information.
Includes biography of the bronze sculptor Razia Gershon, as well as pictures of her sculpture, and ordering information.
Process of making 3D sculptures
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