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Step back in time 100 years to see the intricate, labor-intensive process of bronze statue casting as it was done in 1922. This video takes you through every phase of creating a massive bronze horse sculpture, from clay modeling to molten bronze pouring, showing the skill and dedication required in traditional foundries.
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Great video
Love that video ❤
This is a spectacular old film! It’s hard to explain to people who have never made something large how much harder it is than doing small or medium size things. The first time I made a large sculpture I was shocked how much more difficult it was and how much longer it took. You think “it’s twice as tall, it will be twice as hard”, but it’s more like 4 times harder or more! Love seeing these old techniques. If your ever in London make sure to visit the Victoria and Albert museum cast courts, mind blowing enormous plaster casts, including Michelangelo’s David, full size of course!
For sure! Bigger x2 = Bigger effort x4 or more, not to mention cost factor.
Large scale ergonomic issues are why I never made my own sculptures bigger than 4ft in any direction. Everything needed to fit on the table and be lift-able by myself. ... and then there is always the storage issue! My shop storage always filled up and encroached into my work space. Makes a big space feel crowed fast!
London, yes... I will for sure visit Albert Museum cast courts per your instruction....would love to see. I have been in London only one time for a couple days passing through to Africa when I was young. So we only had a short time to see the basics. What type of sculpture do you make? Do you have a website?
Thanks for tuning in, Michael
I’ve always wondered at how exactly large statues were made. I knew about the miniature and the pantograph thing, but not how they made it hollow and went from plaster to bronze.
The number of steps is incredible. I lost track of how many molds, castings, investments, etc. they had to do, and just for the head! Crazy. Really make me appreciate bronze statues more.
Those old guys knew some tricks! Today's bronzes move along faster but still require immense effort. I was thrilled to find that old video and wish there were more available for viewing. If you know of any, please shoot us the links! Thanks for riding through that long video! Michael
Fantastic! The fired investment after the pour isn't trash though, it's "ludo", an ingredient for the next batch of investment once it has been ground up. Bill Jurgenson here in Ontario Canada used old school heavy block investment for bronze art casting in his foundry for 40 years until he retired a couple years ago. I wound up with his furnace and gear, including his recipe and procedure for investment. Including several pallets of firebrick for stacking up custom shaped burnout kilns, just like these old boys did it.
I was hoping the video would attract people who knew more about the process than myself. I don't know any of the old vocabulary or special intel. I hope you guys get Bill Jurgenson on camera before he exits. Those old guys know stuff that will just get lost. How did they use gelatin without it getting destroyed by the hot wax? Especially large volumes of wax??
Are you still operating foundry?
Cheers, Michael
@ShapeShifters-TV Bill used rubber molds to make his waxes. I have his recipe and furnace etc., but haven't actually worked with him. He gave me a couple dvd's with his gear, short student films made a few decades ago showing a peek of his process and how his gear was set up, told me the authors gave him their blessing to share them. I could send you links if there's a way to email you. I snuck them onto my own youtube channel here as unlisted, since I don't know the film makers and don't want any trouble. But I wanted the videos to be online somewhere where I could at least share them with the other metal casters on an online forum for metal casters where I learn a lot and am a moderator, same reason I post amateur molding and casting videos of my own. I haven't yet done lost wax casting but have been self-teaching sand casting for a decade. Bit by bit I have built a small nonferrous foundry in my backyard, you'd consider me a hobbyist but there kind of aren't a lot of professionals left in my region. I work in a couple of 12x16 sheds in my backyard, one for molding and casting and one for patternmaking, using mainly homemade equipment (furnaces, flasks, sand muller, tongs & shanks etc etc). I work with a couple of local sculptors and also make parts for people restoring antique machines, some decorative plaques etc. hoping to pick up more small runs of parts and more sculpture stuff but word of mouth is slow to move. Taught 4h one shot classes to beginners at a local blacksmithing school for a few months part time, but the demand wasn't there. Foundry has never been my day job, just evenings and weekends, but I do try to run things here in a smart way and keep expanding my operation gradually, including adding cast iron soon, and investment casting when I can or when an artist brings me something that's difficult enough to mold in petrobond that buying a kiln seems preferable. I'm the molder and the patternmaker and the furnace operator and the grinder guy and the chaser and the patineur and machine building and repair guy all in one here, so it's a hobby where I'll never stop keeping busy and learning. Really though it's the molding process that I find the most rewarding. Other people just see the fire and glowing hot molten metal. Enjoying your series very much!
LOVED IT!!!!
Old school Boom! Thank you.
Appreciated the commentary on this. Have you ever looked at any "casting replica steering wheel" videos here on TH-cam?
I did look at a couple. it was pretty interesting. I might put on in our que as I saw some shortcuts that would have been useful to viewers. Do you have a specific video you would recommend?
@@ShapeShifters-TV I have no familiarity or experience with this sort work, but the video that brought you to mind was
th-cam.com/video/yGZ4CJjMooU/w-d-xo.html
['How to recast a resin steering wheel' from Keith Lee].
There is no narrative explanation. Some parts elicited questions and some seemed a little obscure. Yet the final product was remarkable and the procedure seemingly well-worn.
I don’t understand how they could pour so much hot wax into gelatine. I wonder if they had some special tricks or ingredients which made the gelatine tougher and more heat resistant.
I know.. right? I wondered the same thing. Maybe someone out there knows the secret.
Cheers, Michael