How To Make A Bronze Sculpture - The Lost Wax Method

[@claudegraham4770]

Thanks for this concise, educational, and enjoyable treatment of the subject. You have a no-nonsense yet pleasant style of presenting the material. I spent an entire afternoon at Shidoni foundry near Santa Fe spending about an hour with the crafters in each phase of this process. PRICELESS!

[@MrOtterArtStudio]

Foundries are special places, what a cool place to visit. Santa Fe has such a great community of sculptures

[@AvastVODs]

BANGER video, finally explained it to the depth that i was looking for, TY!

[@DannyStroup]

I've never witnessed such a complex, tedious process to produce a shelf ornament. Those things must cost $10,000 dollars a piece when you consider the man-hours, giant industrial vats, and ovens. Did I mention the molten metal workers wearing space suits? Holy COW!

[@MrOtterArtStudio]

It is a costly process!

[@josephmoodie4970]

Being your an artist you have the skill to make the art and know all the processes so really this art comes down to ADHD and doing every step to the finest result which really comes down to how far your willing to go to put in the finest details and not just settle for being done early. The most crucial part in my view is the subject matter then detail. After that you take every step to the end in the best quality, Imagine doing this before electricity What a task of hand work !

[@pinokio514]

SUPER! Really interesting the video, thanks!)

[@joshuapayne]

This was awesome. Love the way you put this together. Your voice and explanations were clear and thoughtfully concise.

[@cliffdariff74]

I used to work at a bronze art foundry in Berkeley California... very tedious work for sure! Good video.

[@jimburnsjr.]

excellent video thank you

[@albongo3949]

Great video thank you so much

[@petenrita]

thank you for this video.

[@adityakhanna113]

Awesome video! Really helpful!!

[@Preston_Smith]

❤ oh look there's temples in it too

[@efratzamir574]

Facinating. Thank you

[@MJWCowie]

Thanks so much. I really enjoyed your tutorial.Very informative and comprehensive. Is it possible to have a bronze sculpture with a black patina?

[@MrOtterArtStudio]

Yes, you can have a patina in any color:)

[@MJWCowie]

Thanks Mr Otter🙂@@MrOtterArtStudio

[@masterlup]

how did the bottom break that PERFECTLY with a hammer and force at 06:23. Pure magic?

[@missmagnoliasugar7692]

This is fabulous, I really enjoyed watching this . I have some horse candle holders that are most likely bronze and I can’t find any google search images of anything like them . I noticed they have some white spots which lead me on a search and ended up reading about bronze rot , or bronze disease.. which lead me to wonder if these could be molded again to make more of them .. they really are beautiful , and I’m hoping some day to learn how to do this !

[@MrOtterArtStudio]

Thank you! You could make molds of your candles, plaster is one of the cheapest ways I know of. You could also take it to a bronze foundry and they can make the molds and caste it for you.

[@avialbersbenchamo4797]

Perfect video ❤

[@torqtorqtorq]

Well that answered my question!

[@christinas5691]

How are the bronze pieces made hollow?

[@sogal4christ]

Good job

[@pulkityogi-jf1xk]

Kitni smart ho gai ho kya bat h kya bat h

[@peteredwards2371]

I’m just starting out on my lost wax journey, I think it’ll be many years before I’m making anything as big as that owl lol

[@staleysworkshop]

How much did it cost to cast those in bronze? Both the otter and the temple?

[@MrOtterArtStudio]

It was $500 for the Otter and $2,000 for the temple, and I did some of the work, so that is discounted

[@AndrewJosephKeith]

hey that is so cool! Do you know the sculptors Jason Millward, Leroy Transfield and Joseph Brickey? I think they have worked with Adonis Bronze in Utah and I helped start the Figure Sculptors United competitions with them. So cool to see someone in that area go over the professional mold making process!

[@MrOtterArtStudio]

Hey! I did work with some of the them. I was so amazed by Leroy Transfield's work. I didnt meet all the artists, but if I was a collector, and one day I will be, Leroys sculptures are on my list:). I loved working there, and Im still so fascinated by the process.

[@AndrewJosephKeith]

@@MrOtterArtStudio yes Leroy won almost every competition he was in 😂 his work is so incredible.

[@doryenmctown4795]

I thought I can learn brass sculpting by watching KZbin 😂😂😂😂

[@pepsi666]

I have several bronze figures that I have recently bought How can I age them so they they look older than they really are At the moment they look ‘too new’ (which they are )

[@MrOtterArtStudio]

I’m not a patina expert but they did use potash on this to oxidize the bronze and turn it green…. I would say scrub it with hot water in case there is wax on it, and leave it outside and let the elements do their thing

[@erikherroz2638]

Are these solid or hallow status?

[@MrOtterArtStudio]

It depends on size, the final otter bronze is solid, the temple is hollow.

[@shadowxoxx]

how did they do it with those huge statues 2500 years ago?

[@MrOtterArtStudio]

With some extreme skill and lots of labor! I think they made them in many different sections and they made them hollow using the lost wax method

[@shadowxoxx]

@@MrOtterArtStudio how did they puzzle these sections together without us not seeing any welds?

[@valaxmalum]

​@@shadowxoxx You can grind welds until they're smooth.

[@Print229]

What material is your 3d printed temple made out of?

[@MrOtterArtStudio]

I think it was PLA

[@Bronzehandicraftvietnam]

Hello, we are from Vietnam and have the same job as you. We look forward to working with you

[@paulinagonzalez1626]

well now i know why bronze is so expensive, nice.

[@Preston_Smith]

What about the history of the temples?

[@therealdivan]

how can I do this at home 🤣

[@iamhelloway]

Video just showed a glimpse of very important step, which is preparing model. If you do not put release agents, whole mold will be ruined ...

[@assass7012]

How do I get a job doing this?

[@zebulunashcroft6623]

Just out of curiosity, couldn’t you skip a large portion of this process by sculpting the model directly out of wax…? As opposed to the mould making / wax pouring… I guess if you’re looking to make an exact copy of something this makes sense though.

[@MrOtterArtStudio]

You can skip the molding and make it directly out of wax, you just won’t be able to reproduce it without molds. They are much harder to make of bronze than oil based clay. I made a miniature school chair out of wax and caste it in bronze. It worked beautifully

[@kizgintosbaga]

7:01 casting Nuns

[@mig7287]

👍👍👍

[@gaming4K]

i just heard Bronze is the most durable art that can withstand thousands of years... Maybe we should make a museum out of modern bronze statues, Buildings, Technology like Car, PC etc.. I say PC because on a PC you can see the parts. You could actually make a Lego like statue where you can take all the parts apart. 😂 You could make the same with Cars etc.. So technology wouldn't be wasted. everything should have 2 statues one modular one solid in case someone wanna steal it.. 😂

[@NSResponder]

"Sprue", not "sprew".

[@sammeo]

Who's here after seeing Dwayne Wade's statue?