A Completion Of A Bronze
After about three metal checks the sculpture finally meets my approval for patination. It is once again sand blasted and the patination is applied. To get the color or patina the foundry man heats up the bronze with a torch and applies different chemicals. Often at this point I cannot tell what the sculpture will look like complete with the wax covering. So the foundry man wets the sculpture down with a hose. This gives the same appearance of the waxing process. The final process is a coat of hot wax.
chemicals are applied to
produce the appropriate
color of a traditional patina
Now on to figuring out installation. According to the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center they are having an event called the maccabie conference. It begins august 5th and goes to the 10th. I’m not sure why we can’t install it now, as the sculpture will be there for the up and coming conferences, but they have asked us to wait. So, I expect installation at the end of August. More on the installation and unveiling of Evelyn.
You can follow along with this entire process of creating a life size bronze for the ERJCC on the Evelyn Rubenstein project blog located at http://erjcc.blogspot.com/