Title: 'Vessel 54' Bronze Dimensional Sculpture on Steel Base
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Period: Contemporary
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Condition: Excellent
Item Date: 2009
Item ID: 2369
Artist Adam P. Gale: Vessel 54 is the sixth dimensional sculpture Adam created and the first bronze piece to be mirror polished. Adam wanted to capture the movement of liquid in an architecturally organic container, hence the mirror polished element. The base is made from custom patina fabricated blackened steel. The darker patina and naturally occurring variations in the finish beautifully compliment the lightness and clarity of the sculpture.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost-wax_casting
Lost-wax casting, sometimes called by the French name of cire perdue or the Latin cera perduta, is the process by which a bronze or brass is cast from an artist's sculpture; in industrial uses, the modern process is called investment casting. An ancient practice, the process today varies from foundry to foundry, but the steps which are usually used in casting small bronze sculptures in a modern bronze foundry are generally quite standardized.
Other names for the process include "lost mould," which recognizes that other materials besides wax can be used, including tallow, resin, tar, and textile[1]; and "waste wax process" or "waste mould casting", because the mould is destroyed to unveil the cast item.[2][3] Other methods of casting include open casting, bivalve mould, and piece mould[3][4]. Lost-wax casting was widespread in Europe until 18th century, when a piece-mold process came to predominate.
