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Cast bronze is special because you can work in almost any material, make a mold of it and end up with a beautiful bronze. Of course, there are more stages of work, including pouring the molten metal before you get the resultant bronze art object; but, what you create as your prototype, whether it be out of wax, plaster, clay, assembled materials, etc., you get this strong, rich-looking material which will last forever. Then, when you get the bronze, you still have more possibilities for creativity in the patina, or you might polish -- or even machine parts of it.
I can imagine the largest portion of a work being sand casted, with a Styrofoam original (to save cost) and completed with additions of detail created by the lost-wax casting method.
Boy and His Horse (2006)
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Immigrant Couple (2005)
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Gideon Hixon (2001)
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Cadwallader C. Washburn (1995)
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Bison (1993)
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V-Hawk (1993)
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Frank Lloyd Wright (1990)
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Dr. Anne (1985)
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Family (1982-83)
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Plaques (1979)
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Plaque #1: Nativity |
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Plaque #2: Epiphany |
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Plaque #3: Lord's Supper |
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Plaque #4: Cricifixion |
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Plaque #5: Resurrection |
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Plaque #6: Christ the King |
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Bull Rider (1977-85)
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Baby Raven (1977)
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Waterform (1977)
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Pugilist (1977)
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Bull Child (1977)
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Bull with Landscape (1977)
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Small Bull (1977)
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Welded from Sheet Bronze Sculpture
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Bicentennial Monument (1974)
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Family (1968)
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