This category shows how I cast bronze figurines, bronze sculptures, and other bronze curios. These are my Work-In-Progress postings.
I cast my two copies of Andromeda Ascendant today. This was an experiment to see how well the ABS material burned out. I couldn’t be sure that some ash might be left in the model. So, to make sure that the molten metal would flow, I thought to cast these with a 482 C final […]
Today I cast R2D2 and Yoda from Star Wars. Both these figurines are fairly small. Yoda is only 5.5 cm tall and R2D2 is smaller at 4.5 cm tall. Each figure weight about 115 grams. Yoda is cast whole in silicon bronze, with a white bronze light saber. R2D2 is cast in white bronze with […]
I am casting a version of the Andromeda Ascendant spaceship from a simple 3D printed model. The Andromeda show is once again on TV and I thought it would be interesting to have a bronze cast version of the spaceship available for my upcoming show at the Calgary Expo. The 3D model is called “Orion […]
I am casting a couple of orchids for an experiment. Last week I picked up a small orchid plant at the grocery store and told the clerk I was going to kill it. When she seemed upset at the thought that I was buying an orchid just to destroy it, I explained that I was […]
Folks, today I completed my bronze hummingbird. If you remember I was casting him at the time as I was making Alice’s Adventures. You can see the hummingbird in my casting picture below, and at the time I suggested that it was a bit of nonsense. I have actually cast a few of these hummingbirds […]
Welcome to my bronze casting work for Alice’s Adventures, also known as Alice in Wonderland. I have finished casting and assembling Alice’s Adventures. This version of Alice had a patina applied to better distinguish the figure from the gears. I’ve mounted Alice on an octagonal marble base. The bronze casting weighs 700 grams on the […]
I’m casting my violin girl, also known as Beethoven. I am also doing another music stand, too. I am also continuing to test and adjust my automatic Facebook connection for this post. This posting is done on a scheduled basis to make sure that my web hosting provider doesn’t abort this posting during processing.
I took some pictures of my final pirate bird skeleton to post as a new item for sale on my website. I’ll put it up on Etsy soon. Some of my other pirate things like my pirate chest, hat, and skulls are not yet ready. I think I said that this bird would be most […]
I put Alice together today. I still need to polish her and do the final finishing work but Alice’s Adventure in bronze is mostly done. Here are some pictures of today’s activities. The adventure begins by pinning Alice. The pin helps when I solder her torso together. In fact, I had to put her together […]
And now we come to The Casting of Alice. We mix her up in a little bit of plaster and embed her in steel flasks. I presume this is quite an adventure? Last night I ran my kiln to melt Alice and burn out the wax models. This morning I started my electric furnace to […]
