Monday, March 31, 2008

The Risen Christ

Original wood model sculpted by Nathan Paul Meyer; Dragon Spade Studio.

Wooden 'Jesus' model, next to clay 'Joan' model.
Anurag Art. Broken Vulture Art. model for bronze sculpture.

Wooden model next to bronze casting, during metal finishing stage.
Anurag Art. Broken Vulture Art. model for bronze sculpture.

Bronze casting with mounting hardware installed and metalwork finished.
Anurag Art. Broken Vulture Art. bronze sculpture.

Initial installation in concrete base; Medford, Wisconsin.
Anurag Art. Broken Vulture Art. Bronze sculpture, installed at evergreen cemetery, Medford Wisconsin.

This piece, "The Risen Christ", was commissioned by the Holy Rosary Catholic Church, for their Medford Evergreen Cemetery. The sculptor, Nathan Paul Meyer also designed and installed the landscaping around the statue. The stone of the base and benches is granite; the paths are laid out such, inside of a round drive to echo the "peace" glyph.

Anurag Art. Broken Vulture Art. Bronze sculpture, installed at evergreen cemetery, Medford Wisconsin.

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Thursday, March 27, 2008

Pouring bronze at Anurag

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Bronze pour at Anurag Art Bronze Foundry and Studio. Broken Vulture Art.

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Warming the bronze ingots on the edge of the furnace, before dropping them into the crucible.
Bronze pour at Anurag Art Bronze Foundry and Studio. Broken Vulture Art.

Heaving the bronze and brightly glowing crucible from the furnace, at the height of its heating. The crucible will then be set down on a carbon barriered (cardboard) firebrick and "slagged" [have the glass and impurities raked off the top].
Bronze pour at Anurag Art Bronze Foundry and Studio. Broken Vulture Art.

The full crucible is too heavy to hold and pour, repeatedly and/or steadily, just by two men hefting the yoke. It is therefore suspended by a chain hoist, initially, that can move in three axes (the third pourer being the 'chain man', controlling up and down movement and assisting with lateral motion in one axis) with the two pour men providing fine adjustment, rotation, lateral motion in second axis and pouring leverage.
Bronze pour at Anurag Art Bronze Foundry and Studio. Broken Vulture Art.

Bronze pour at Anurag Art Bronze Foundry and Studio. Broken Vulture Art.

Bronze pour at Anurag Art Bronze Foundry and Studio. Broken Vulture Art.

Bronze pour at Anurag Art Bronze Foundry and Studio. Broken Vulture Art.

Bronze pour at Anurag Art Bronze Foundry and Studio. Broken Vulture Art.

Bronze pour at Anurag Art Bronze Foundry and Studio. Broken Vulture Art.

Bronze pour at Anurag Art Bronze Foundry and Studio. Broken Vulture Art.

Bronze pour at Anurag Art Bronze Foundry and Studio. Broken Vulture Art.

The "ceramic-shell" molds are generally thinner and more "figurative".
Bronze pour at Anurag Art Bronze Foundry and Studio. Broken Vulture Art.

The plaster mold are generally thicker, blockier.
Bronze pour at Anurag Art Bronze Foundry and Studio. Broken Vulture Art.

Bronze pour at Anurag Art Bronze Foundry and Studio. Broken Vulture Art.

Placing the emptied, cooling crucible down on a layer of carbon ash (from cardboard), serving as a release-from/barrier-to the firebrick at the base of the furnace.
Bronze pour at Anurag Art Bronze Foundry and Studio. Broken Vulture Art.

Bronze pour at Anurag Art Bronze Foundry and Studio. Broken Vulture Art.

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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

"Our Lady of Victory", at St. Kate's.

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Statue of Mary, after welding and grinding.
Our Lady of Victory. Sculpture of Mary. Anurag Art Bronze Studio and Foundry.

Mary and Baggins.
Our Lady of Victory. Sculpture of Mary. Anurag Art Bronze Studio and Foundry.

Our Lady of Victory. Sculpture of Mary. Anurag Art Bronze Studio and Foundry.

"Our Lady", installed at St. Kate's, in St. Paul, MN.
Our Lady of Victory. Sculpture of Mary. Anurag Art Bronze Studio and Foundry.

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"Our Lady", listed at SCAN magazine; Public Art on St. Kate's St. Paul Campus.

Peter Lupori writes about sculpting Mary, mentions "Anuraug".

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