John V. Orr Sculpture

About the sculpture

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While working at a fine art bronze foundry for a couple of years I developed an interest in making simple pieces that have an affinity to the essence of the bronze casting process. Modeling clay is most often used to sculpt pieces which eventually become a finished bronze sculpture. A mold must be made to transform the original clay into wax before a "lost wax" casting process is used to produce a bronze sculpture. Instead of using clay, all of my pieces were sculpted in wax, often using hot tools, including butter knives and spoons, to reflect the natural molten connection between wax and bronze.