See the process involved in casting a bronze figure - from the creation of a wax model through to the final sculpture. Find out more about sculpture: www.vam.ac.uk/...
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@killiansirishbeer3 жыл бұрын
I never understood how bronze statues were made and it bothered me so thank you for this video and the animations 👍
@annettefournier96553 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I never knew how labor intensive this was!
@athenaartfoundation Жыл бұрын
It's staggering, right!
@oliviar90733 жыл бұрын
This used to be my job before the pandemic. Watching this gave me flash backs.
@user-ef1qy9zq1g3 жыл бұрын
I hope you’re doing well now! Hopefully you’ve recovered your job?
@diegozarate7664 Жыл бұрын
Hello! Im just getting into casting and have a question regarding the pins. Are they steel? Do you think i could get away with using nails from the hardware store for the pins? Thank you so much and hope you are well!
@user-lj7wh7hy6c Жыл бұрын
I’m so sorry to hear that. Same. Almost closed down the shop but we’re back and limping along with all the inflation. I hope you’re doing better.
@user-lj7wh7hy6c Жыл бұрын
@@diegozarate7664 Hi, sorry I’m not that person just a bronze casting assistant from LA. This probably doesn’t help you at all, I’ve never done this technique and I don’t know your set up but I’ve worked 3 different foundries and modern professionals break the piece up into segments, gate it, and dip the piece into a slurry tank and immediately coat it in fine zircon sand, then multiple layers of increasingly coarse silicone sand. Usually about 9 layers and this forms around the piece and locks it in place so there is no need for pins. We do it in pieces because doing a solid piece creates too much distortion from trapped air. It will warp the piece and cause severe pitting in the surface. It’s just less that can go wrong and you get better castings. Sorry if that’s completely irrelevant. Good luck!
@BarbieCastroConcordFilms7 ай бұрын
Wow! this is amazing. So much work. I have a new found appreciation for bronze figures and sculptures. Thank you 🙏
@angelabenitiz72412 жыл бұрын
Thank you for showing what happens on the inside (why the wax is "lost"). Super helpful and easy to understand video 🥰
@Sunshine-zm1fx3 жыл бұрын
This truly explains the technique beautifully. Well done. Well done.
@athenaartfoundation Жыл бұрын
Brilliant video - the number of stages is mind-blowing!
@sherwin19883 жыл бұрын
This channel is so underated....
@debraball26412 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I'm an art teacher. This was very informative.
@simoneleone10 ай бұрын
A crazy amount of work. Artists are the best. Thank you for this!
@MicaFarrierRheayan9 ай бұрын
Superbly meticulous workaround of art pieces, back then. Truly wonderful
@tangstudiodotnet2 жыл бұрын
Jeeze this is a lot of work, thought it was simpler. Thanks
@eclectictraveller3 жыл бұрын
I had heard of this process but, until now, I had no idea what was involved , thank you.
@aarenmyatt450911 ай бұрын
The part that stumped me was how they were made hollow. Now I know thank you. Amazing that this process was done by the ancient greeks. 😮
@miltong.182611 ай бұрын
this video was sick watching it for a college course good eye professor 10/10
@IronLungProductionsOfficial2 жыл бұрын
holy smokes alot more went into that than I ever Imagined!
@beefsoda1Ай бұрын
Fascinating
@tastemountains670410 ай бұрын
This was so crazy fun to watch thanks so much I’d love to learn how to make this haha
@domytar53956 ай бұрын
That’s really good mate.
@ThatSentinel4 ай бұрын
Truly amazing.
@jonasdominguezrodriguez11434 ай бұрын
Just amazing ❤
@Marina.Kudrevskaya3 жыл бұрын
this is amazing, thank you for sharing this
@edwassermann83683 жыл бұрын
wow. this is incredible.
@mahel20023 жыл бұрын
How long does this take from start to finish? I can imagine that for a life-size statue, that must have taken weeks (and I know that they could be assembled from different parts), but what about a small statue like the one in the video? Thank you for your reply!
@capuchinosofia47712 жыл бұрын
Id wager around two weeks if you put your heart into it.
@mahel20022 жыл бұрын
@@capuchinosofia4771 thank you
@louis19529 ай бұрын
Thanks, very well presented.
@FreedomLovingLoyalistOfficial2 жыл бұрын
I would love to do this myself.
@makingcookingfixing2 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know if they leave the investment inside the bronze piece? Because now that would be hard, and from the feet I don’t see enough entry to scratch it out
@olebrgesen7953 жыл бұрын
The statue core can also be made of clay and not wax. In this case we often see traces of the clay inside the statue.
@MrMittens19742 жыл бұрын
The core inside the bronze statue is not made of wax but refractory capable plaster. If it was wax the bronze would melt it and mess up the core and casting.
@olebrgesen7952 жыл бұрын
@@MrMittens1974 - no, the core was usually in clay, don’t melt in the heating process. The outer layer around the clay in wax of course.
@80cardcolumn2 жыл бұрын
I was wondering how you removed the sand and plaster core (created at 1:29) after the metal was cast. Answer: You don't.
@BilliePosters2 жыл бұрын
@@80cardcolumn i know ridiculous - much better to break the piece up into parts cast separately using a ceramic shell, in thinner pieces and weld back together hollow
@capuchinosofia47712 жыл бұрын
@@BilliePosters yeah, that or planning a "hole" with the plaster/clay core at the base so, once its bronce, you may clean the clay out.
@camsshaft Жыл бұрын
Did some of this in high-school. Inspiring me to revisit this! Thank you!
@B4IRUTUARU162 жыл бұрын
Absolutely stunning
@pauls57453 жыл бұрын
the Greeks would be proud!
@jonswanson77668 ай бұрын
Great comment The Greeks, the greatest people who ever lived would certainly admire Giambologna!
@eldebtor6973 Жыл бұрын
this answers everything .. thank you ..
@lundgrenbronzestudios2 жыл бұрын
I just made one but I used a different method. You seem to really have a system down and know what your doing.
@nemod33382 жыл бұрын
It's Victoria and Albert museum, sure they know what they do.
@scottgray62763 жыл бұрын
When casting the wax replicas, is the plaster mold wet, or dry,, and if it's dry, is there a mold release?
@pauls57453 жыл бұрын
dry plaster for a day or 3 at room temp or a few hours in heat. it must be dry. no mold release; wax runs out by gravity and the heat will burn any residue out but possible some soot remains tho it doesn't matter. plenty of vids on lost wax or lost PLA and investment casting
@countesscable Жыл бұрын
Wow! What was the background music? It was ethereal
@TillieElaine6 ай бұрын
That’s a lot of work
@subcommandertal7450 Жыл бұрын
Fascinating! Now tell me what this music was in the background, please!
@toddmccabe41226 ай бұрын
You seldom see a modern craftsman who can equal the old masters. Whoever sculpted this, bravo! No easy feat. It could stand next to other Flemish and Dutch mannerist masterpieces without any suspicion of modernity.
@hiyamoki Жыл бұрын
What plaster is used in this process? Everything I have seen is for much lower temperatures than molten bronze.
@FahrulRozi-cu1rr10 ай бұрын
Terimakasih 😊
@duykhoaDN8 ай бұрын
Important thing is how to make the wax modal in the first place
@arckocsog2533 жыл бұрын
Why do you have to recreate the vax model? Why not make the cast around the original?
@JustinJFain3 жыл бұрын
Multiple castings can be made from the same master since it is only used to make the initial plaster cast. Also, the plaster core means that this process uses much less metal than doing it in solid bronze like what was done for sword castings and the like.
@arckocsog2533 жыл бұрын
@@JustinJFain Thank you for the info!
@harshpagare62864 ай бұрын
Can anyone tell me what happens to the core inside...is it left like that
@MrStu1962 Жыл бұрын
So fab
@lurereviews516410 ай бұрын
So it's bronze covered plaster?
@camimiller61682 жыл бұрын
I know it's called hollow casting, I just don't understand what happens to the material they pour in to the hollow wax. Would that not then still be inside of of the "hollow" bronze?
@teumessia84922 жыл бұрын
Yea it would. The statue is only hollow in the sense that it’s not made of bronze through and through. Making the core out of plaster is a great way to cut costs. Also, if it were completely hollow it would get dented very easily.
@fritzki13 жыл бұрын
I want to learn how to do this. Where does one start?? Who is the artist in the video?
@igbnadiwindu61642 жыл бұрын
Wow!!!
@anasepulveda5599 Жыл бұрын
Anybody knows the name of the sculpture? I suppose it´s a copy from Rodin, but what is the of the artwork? Thanks
@jonswanson77668 ай бұрын
It is the work of Giambologna, Ares or Latin Mars The version in the Quentin collection is the finest sculpture ever made. My opinion.
@h7opolo3 жыл бұрын
well done
@525Lines Жыл бұрын
How does the sand inside the wax figure retain its shape?
@yashasvihanda65169 ай бұрын
What is that smoothening tool called ? 4:00
@Tamizhan_Om2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for showing chola bronze making method to the world
@soglabelАй бұрын
Why not just put the first wax model inside a plaster cast?
@bilgaissa58312 жыл бұрын
Can we use bees wax
@m.m.3753 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this. Can you please list the music used in this video?
@danielmclean399111 ай бұрын
How did people figure this out thousands of years ago
@sujeto028 Жыл бұрын
Does anyone know the name of the model?
@jonswanson77668 ай бұрын
Ares or Latin Mars
@Vlow526 ай бұрын
That’s a complicated and lost 3d printer if the ancient past
@paulwl31592 ай бұрын
Apparently 3D printing has a long way to go to achieve the level of intricate detail required for fine art
@molitovv3 жыл бұрын
Could you take a 3D scan so we can print our own please?
@pauls57453 жыл бұрын
and take out the artistic creativity? why not just buy a statue then lol
@svfreakitiki2 жыл бұрын
Why would you core a statue like that? Just to cut down on weight?
@princevesperal2 жыл бұрын
Not only weight, I reckon, but also cost. There is no point in using metal in the core of the statue. This is a relatively small piece, but volume goes up really fast thanks to the cubic rule: if you made that statue twice bigger, it would take up eight times more metal to fill it up. Make it ten times bigger, and it would require one thousand times more metal! V = c³
@Strawdozz2 жыл бұрын
@@princevesperal Thats true but thats not why they do it. Bronze cracks when cast with depth more than a cm or so. So even if you dont care about cost of material, its a necessity to hollow out.
@Earthling327 Жыл бұрын
👍👍👍lol
@Neuman357 Жыл бұрын
Heheh… wax rod.
@operaguy16 ай бұрын
Ruined by ominous low tone. STOP DOING THAT
@phillyspecial13932 жыл бұрын
Dewar and deshell are the worst
@woofguy2 жыл бұрын
Boring
@jagboy693 жыл бұрын
regurgitated old video. :-/
@BilliePosters2 жыл бұрын
so they just leave the plaster core inside the thing?