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The lost wax casting method (“cire perdu”) is extremely versatile and can be
used for
casting bronze projects
too complicated for other methods.
A sculpture/model
is created
or duplicated in wax, this will later on in the process
be ” lost”, during
burnout of the
casting mould.
The method has been in use as early as 3500 BC in Mesopotamia and India, in
Egypt
since circa 2200 BC,
and later it was used by the Greeks,
Etruscans and
Romans.
Direct casting methods has also been practiced
early in other parts of the
world.
Renaissance masters, during the 15th century, resumed the lost pattern
technique,
after
studying the methods practiced by the Greeks and Romans.
Bronze is an alloy, most often consisting of mostly copper with an addition
of tin. Bronze
are used for sculpture casting,
due to it's strength,
wear and corrosion
resistance, as
well as for it's workability and
good natural colour and for easily taking
on a patina. |
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