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I am so excited to be back at Paradise City this Memorial Day weekend. Right now I am in the final laps in preparation and I thought you might want to see some of the behind the scenes action. Repainting and upgrading the booth required moving everything out of the living room for a week. It was sweet to get our living room back after that! Visiting Persephone at the foundry mid process- they cast her in 4 parts and then weld her back together. This is her in wax. It is a little unnerving, but I am working with an excellent foundry and I was very impressed with the detail and precision. I couldn't stop thinking that she looked like a chocolate Easter bunny- the cheep hollow kind! A few new pieces in process. They will have a different surface color and a frame- if I can get all this done in time! I had to buy a new table saw- very exciting!
6 Comments
5/10/2019 03:31:17 pm
i'm imagining eating all of that chocolate! looks like you have a fine helper -- i will put paradise city on my to-do list--
Lynne Knudsen
5/10/2019 04:27:40 pm
Such beautiful hands - I'm so envious. My "hands" are still just a dream. 5/24/2019 09:50:31 am
It's so great to see the behind the scenes and I love the photos with Lila. Ha.
Sarah Bliss
5/25/2019 09:29:43 am
I love how you join Lila in her shtick while you two were working on your booth. Go Mama! 5/31/2019 01:40:13 pm
It is so great to have Lila with me- and I am so proud of her when she helps and wants to be involved. 5/31/2019 01:45:21 pm
Val N- It was great to see you at the show! Yes the bronze is hollow too- and weighs somewhere between 50 and 100 lbs- I will have to get on the scale with it. Bronze is dense stuff! It pours well when roughly 3/16 of an inch thick. thicker and it has shrinkage issues that look like nasty massive cavities and thinner and it freezes before it gets where it is going- so there are holes with soft round edges. This foundry does an excellent job! So now you know the secret to any big bronze piece- it looks solid but it is hollow like a chocolate Easter bunny! Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
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