Cast Sculpture

Today, Smooth-On urethane, silicone and polysulfide rubbers are used by thousands of sculptors and foundries for casting wax, resins, plaster, concrete and other sculpture materials to make accurate reproductions of original sculpture.

Cast paper sculpture has been around since the 1950's and is different fro Papier-Mache. The pulp is made from raw materials of, Cotton and Abica, then placed into molds of original clay sculptures. This process can take several months to complete from pressing and drying out the casts then the art of sculpting begins and it takes a huge amount of time and experience to complete just one of these 'Great' forms of art.

Sand casting is one of the most popular and simplest types of casting that has been used for centuries. Sand casting allows for smaller batches to be made compared to permanent mold casting and at a very reasonable cost. Not only does this method allow manufacturers to create products at a low cost, but there are other benefits to sand casting, such as very small size operations.

Bronze has been a sculpting material for thousands of years. The reasons why many modern artists have been drawn to the bronze medium is that the metal expands just before it sets, allowing artists to highlight microscopic details easily. Creating bronze sculptures requires a high degree of precision, plenty of resources, and a good deal of patience.The sculpting process begins when an artist creates a clay mold of a subject. This mold is then used to create a wax casting. The casting, in turn, gets boiled away, leaving a hollowed out shell, which then gets filled with liquid bronze. The bronze hardens in the shell, expanding so as to capture the essential small details, and then the artist removes the shell, otherwise known as the 'investment.'In 18th-century France, a technique to matte bronze with gold developed.

This technique, known as ormolou, lends bronze sculptures a degree of sheen and appeal. Ormolu sculptures typically give off a hollow sound when knocked. You can find a plethora of examples when you peruse the catalogs of 18th-century France, including wall sconces, candleholders, gilded clocks, and certain pieces of furniture. Because of bronze's scarcity and its susceptibility to corrosion by the elements, governments and patrons are often loathe to commission bronze sculptures. That being said, new, more resilient and ductile alloys of bronze are being developed for artistic purposes. Some modern-day bronze aficionados have begun collecting the bronze reliefs used in engineered circuits.