Welcome to my Bronze Sculpture Workshop!

I use the lost wax method to cast bronze sculptures of western art and fantasy characters. My sculptures are desktop size and can weigh up to twenty kilograms or more. Each work is individually cast and assembled. Every casting I create embodies a human or scientific element that is innovative and beautiful.

  • Stagecoach on Rosewood - bronze cast sculpture

    "Stagecoach on Rosewood" - on Workbench

  • Billy Miles Mine - bronze cast sculpture

    "Billy Miles Mine" - on Workbench

  • Yan Wu - bronze cast sculpture

    "Yan Wu" - on Workbench

  • Baphomet - bronze cast sculpture

    "Baphomet" - on Workbench

  • Minuet in G - bronze cast sculpture

    "Rustic Dance"

  • Coral Fantasy - bronze cast sculpture

    "Coral Fantasy" - Alberta Craft Council Collaboration

  • Peter Pan's Revenge - bronze cast sculpture

    "Peter Pan's Revenge"

William Miles, Bronze Artist

Profile: I play with molten metal and cast exceptionally beautiful bronze sculptures in my workshop. I assemble wax parts and use chemicals and electricity and very hot things. Unfortunately, I have not yet figured out how to make my creations come alive and I am not yet a certified mad scientist. Except on rainy days.

I use jewellery casting equipment to create desktop size bronze sculptures. All my castings are as detailed and precise as any jeweller might create for a custom fabricated gold ring. In fact, I will often use jeweller techniques with different metals and enamel and gemstones and silver and gold plate to add colour and sparkle to my sculptures.

Pouring Bronze
Pouring Bronze

The lost wax casting process that I follow is an ancient method of making a bronze object from an original form shaped in wax. The wax model is put into a steel flask and encased with a silica plaster, also called investment. The flask is then heated in a kiln to melt and vaporize the wax, leaving a void in the plaster that replicates the shape of the model. Molten bronze is poured into the flask and fills the void, thus creating an exact copy of the model in metal.

All my models are crafted in wax. I either carve and create original pieces from wax blocks or I take silicon rubber moulds of existing components to make a wax sculpture that I construct in bronze. Every one of my sculptures is an original hand made casting that differs from every other work that I produce.

Mixing Investment
Mixing Investment

My sculptures are designed to provoke and stimulate thought. Each bronze sculpture is personally cast and assembled in my home workshop. My castings have matured from early fantasies into more complex forms that include geometric structure, history, reflection, and mathematical similarities.

My work has been acquired by collectors in Canada, Australia, Britain, France, Germany, Scandinavia, and the United States.

Show History

2023 Show Schedule

2022 Show Schedule

2021 Show Schedule

2020 Show Schedule

2019 Show Schedule

2018 Show Schedule

  • Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo April 26 – April 29, 2018, Calgary, Alberta. I’m back with lots of new sculptures! Look for me in booth AA5934 in Artist Alley!
  • Spruce Meadows Equi-Fair September 5 ‑ 9, 2018, Calgary, Alberta. The Spruce Meadows Equi-Fair is at the ‘Masters’ Tournament – one of the most prestigious show jumping tournaments in the world. Find me in booth A18 in the Equi-Plex!
  • Metal Arts Show and Sale September 15-16, 2018, Wetaskiwin, Alberta. Metal artists from across Western Canada present and sell their work at this exceptional show.

2017 Show Schedule

2016 Show Schedule