tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079877794128349006.post4746861385938197736..comments2023-07-12T11:02:54.477-05:00Comments on Musings of an Artist's Wife: The BronzesWendy Rodrigue Magnushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289447655110009690noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079877794128349006.post-59413521865096186682017-08-01T12:15:19.606-05:002017-08-01T12:15:19.606-05:00Very nice post and informative please post similar...Very nice post and informative please post similar in future too<br /><a href="http://9oilpaintings.blogspot.com/p/oil-portrait-paintings.html" rel="nofollow">Famous Portrait Artists</a><br />Javed Hashmihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05796937219137343237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079877794128349006.post-18048790629280127472012-12-28T11:38:29.660-06:002012-12-28T11:38:29.660-06:00I found your husband's art while googling Blur...I found your husband's art while googling Blur Dog Democrat. If he is a Rodin fan like me, I would invite him to my home State of North Carolina and a visit to The North Carolina Museum of Art. They have a really nice and large exhibit in a brand new addition. Come on up and enjoy! Sincerely, Elvis elvisa24u@yahoo.com Elvis Harrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079877794128349006.post-75647662576618848702011-05-25T23:23:33.233-05:002011-05-25T23:23:33.233-05:00Hi Wendy (and George),
I had no idea that George ...Hi Wendy (and George),<br /><br />I had no idea that George also did bronze sculptures as well. Evangeline blended in the tree is a beautiful piece.<br /><br />The process of making the bronze pieces is identical to a process I use to cast aerospace components made of nickel and cobalt super-alloys? A hobby of mine where I start out with Computer control milling aluminum components, then makae a seperatable rubber mold the same way you described, After parting the rubber mold and injecting the cavity with wax (under pressure) we get our wax patterns. Now we use a special first coat called 'the prime' which is an extremely fine quality ceramic slurry with a little 'nucleating agent' to force fine metalurgical grains for strength. Then layers and layers of 'back coating' with coarser ceramic slurries to obtain the correct thickness. Now, wax is an expensive commodity these days, so the preferred way of removing the wax pattern is by putting the piece in a stean autoclave to rapidly melt and force out the wax. Some times we put our ceramic shell mold in a vacuum and pour molten metal ther to avoid the air from reacting with the molten metal --at temperatures up to 3000 deg F!<br /><br />One very important distinction in my process is that I must create parts with such precision as high as one-ten-thousandth of an inch accuracy. That artists would never want to do. Think about it, wouldn't such precision ruin the most desired part of art -- distinct and unique character caused by basic flaws in the artist's process, no? An artist learns to leverage such imperfactions as the most important quality, the character, or philosophically known as human flaw! That's the beauty of art.<br /><br />Thank you for sharing this process with us,<br />-Grandmother's ShawlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079877794128349006.post-9546683402603077982010-11-21T13:07:20.630-06:002010-11-21T13:07:20.630-06:00Wendy never knew he did the Legacy. Thanks for th...Wendy never knew he did the Legacy. Thanks for the unique thoughts. Tell G hello.Garynoreply@blogger.com