A brief word on bronze-casting...

The process starts with making the sculpture in wax first. It then has a wax funnel and various vents attached to it, quickly followed by several layers of ceramic investment. After building up the layers over a week or so, the wax is burned out, and the molten bronze is then poured in.

The final part of the bronze-casting process is to remove the ceramic investment, clean up the lump of dirty-brown metal you now have, then patinate it - generally using chemicals - and finally polish it.

Me being me, I'm actually not terribly keen on the highly finished look that most modern bronzes end up with, so I've been working on achieving a slightly more 'archeological' finish... as here with my 'Alien Vertebra'

Time passes...

I shall hove to work harder at keeping this blog up-to-date... However, I have been studying very hard just recently for an exam and things artistic have had to take slightly second place.

'An exam?' I hear you say... Well, in these financially troubled times, most artists and craftsmen need alternative sources of income. I have decided to train as a Domestic Energy Assessor... Watch this space!