The Greeks knew it...Challenging 'intuition' in ascending casting method: One expects the bronze to nicely travel down the casting channel and then rise in...
It Can Take Half A CenturyIn 1960 Amsterdam asked Cor Hund, accomplished artist and director of the Rijksacademy, to create a monument in memory of the writer...
Wax and WaxesTo each colour a property Blue Hardly no deformation,discovering this blue wax was real relief! Hardly no deformation, we could cast...
Patina a 'layers' approach1. ALLOY The quantity and kind of alloying elements of the bronze have influence on the color of the metal and on the colors that develop...
'As cast' skin of silicon bronze is dullThe 'as cast' skin of silicon bronze is rather dull if the casting is done properly, metal poured warm, mold free enough from carbon. The...
PatinaThe patina is a coloured layer on the bronze. This coloured layer can be the result of the casting process, artificially made or...
The green flameThe color of the flame coming from the melting furnace should be slightly green. The green color is emitted by the burning copper vapor...