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Kristy’s Blossom pregnancy sculpture now in Bronze!
October 20th, 2012 | Posted in Bronze | 
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Kristy’s Blossom pregnancy sculpture now in Bronze!
Hi Friends,
What a happy thing I did….. 
…. Since I had such a positive response to my fired clay pregnancy sculpture, I decided to make a mold and cast her in bronze so she’d be available as an edition. See a few mold pics and process notes here. So glad I did because casting was a success and I’m pleased with the results.
Foundry was….. a little leery of casting her for a couple of reasons:
- She was molded off the original and therefore was cast as one whole piece, no separate pieces which helps with casting.
- Thin areas and also thick areas of the large flower she’s sitting upon; This can cause problems with shrinkage because the thin parts will cool more quickly than the thick parts and pull away. It would be difficult to repair the holes that might develop underneath the flower petals. But all the worry was unfounded as the cast came out wonderfully, yay!
- The area below her belly has a good size undercut and the foundry felt it would be hard to get the rubber out. They had ideas of cutting out the small flower and reattaching later. But all was well with that too.
Long story short…. everything’s just fine with her and another one of my babies is born in bronze. :-
Kristy’s Blossom 16 X 14 X 14″ Edition of 35.
Patina closely resembles the original clay sculpture. Her skin and clothes have warm tan tones. There is a slightly lighter color for her top. The rose she is holding is a mauve color with the edges polished back to show a bit of bronze metal for highlight.
Her large rose that she’s sitting upon is a grey white color and has the same pinky mauve color in the center of the petals and blending out to the medium grey white. Muted soft tones match the subtle quiet moment she is having.
Closeup of woman with her blossoming child sculpture.
Pregnant lady holding a rose sculpture.
In case of interest, I’m offering the first cast of her at introductory price 15% discount for $4700. She may already be sold at that price, so if you’re interested, please let me know shortly. I would love for her to find a home with you. Ask about a 3-D shoogle (spins the sculpture around to view all angles) and I will send a link for viewing.
Thanks for watching,
~Tamara
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[...] Brought my two finished molds to the foundry. Finally got a chance to talk to the mold lady there and get some pointers on mold making. She said out of all her 30 years at the foundry, my molds rank up with maybe one other artist that made their own molds. A-1, “Beautiful,” and thumbs up she gave me. I felt so glad to hear that! I’ll share those mold tips on my next post. Edit: Finished Kristy’s Blossom bronze photos on this blog post. [...]
[...] Edit: Finished Kristy’s Blossom bronze photos here. [...]
[...] Edit: Finished Kristy’s Blossom bronze photos here. [...]
[...] check and patina on her tomorrow at my Berkeley foundry. Finished bronze pics are shown at this blog post. Photo below shows the finished ceramic of Kristy’s Blossom and more ceramic pics are here. [...]