Original mold, it can be any material like clay, wood, fiber glass, stone or ceramic.

Master mold covers the clay.Liquid rubber poured around clay till hardens.Plaster keeps rubber in place.

Clay is removed,creating empty space.Rubber captures the details sculpted in the clay.

Hot wax is poured into the mold,picking up the details the rubber registered from the clay.

Wax hardens when cooled and removed from mold.Fixs and adds details.Pouring"gates"added.

These ceramic shell covers the wax till hardens.

In oven,wax melts out of mold becoming"lost wax.

Molten bronze(2,200°F) is poured into ceramic mold.

Finishing Stage:mold hammered off,"gates"removed,metal welded,filed,sanded.metal finishing.

Patina(Color)Stage:Chemicals applied to heated bronze give rich colors.

Complete.