Another Masterpiece Is Being Created
The monastery is delighted to show a progression slideshow about the making of the the next bronze silpis sculpture. It's quite an amazing process, so complex and requiring great skills.
Here is a short recap of the project:
The series of bronzes give tribute and honor to the art and craftsmanship of building Iraivan Temple by hand out of hard granite. Five out of 8 pieces have been completed and the next will soon be crated for the journey to Kauai.
This slideshow presents the sixth of the masterpieces carved by Holly Young, showing some of its evolution. Once Holly has done her wax sculpting, she makes molds and ships them to Loveland, Colorado, where the finest of America's bronze craftsmen have assembled a special community of gifted experts.
A copy of her work is made in wax, then a special mold for the molten metal is made, several actually. These molds are cast with 2,000-degree metal, and once cooled welded back together into a single piece. Yes, the entire original wax is broken apart, duplicated, cast and put back together by the skilled men and women in Loveland.
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January 3rd, 2016 at 7:51 pm
Wonderful project, masterpiece in Kauai when completed.
January 5th, 2016 at 11:45 am
Thank you to all the expert craftmen for this exquisite casting.
January 11th, 2016 at 1:48 am
This has been beautiful to watch, amazing attention and concentration and the results gleam with radiance. Many nandris for sharing.