Bronze Horse Sculpture - by Bronze Sculptor Patricia Crane
Bronze Horse Sculpture
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Resin Horse Sculpture Life Size Bronze Horse Sculpture
Life Size Horse Sculpture Porcelain Horse Sculpture and Raku
Arabian Horse Sculpture
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Resin Horse Sculpture Life Size Bronze Horse Sculpture
Life Size Horse Sculpture Porcelain Horse Sculpture and Raku
Arabian Horse Sculpture
Elegant yet anatomically precise, Patricia Crane's museum quality bronze horse sculpture unforgettably captures, in molten metal, the strength, the "aliveness", and very spirit of horses.
This casting metal, or alloy has been the medium of choice for many equestrian masterworks throughout the ages. And this most enduring of metals is the greatest test of the sculptor's skill, utterly demanding of the artist's time, talent and dedication.
The following pages present a representative sampling of Patricia's bronze horse sculpture:
This casting metal, or alloy has been the medium of choice for many equestrian masterworks throughout the ages. And this most enduring of metals is the greatest test of the sculptor's skill, utterly demanding of the artist's time, talent and dedication.
The following pages present a representative sampling of Patricia's bronze horse sculpture:
Featured Bronze Horse Sculpture
Horse Head Bronze Sculpture
"Caledvwlch", the whispering horse.
An expressive head study, beloved by horsemen.
An expressive head study, beloved by horsemen.
Saddlebred Bronze
"After the Class"
A show horse in cross-ties following a class.
Saddle off; cooler going on.
A show horse in cross-ties following a class.
Saddle off; cooler going on.
Mustang Horse Sculpture
"Spooked" -- a Mustang, shying with
explosive energy from flushed quail.
explosive energy from flushed quail.
Compositional Bronze Horse Sculpture
"The Gathering", a composition including a stallion and two broodmares,
but each also looks great standing alone
but each also looks great standing alone
Sporting Art: Thoroughbred
"Cooling Down" - portrays a Thoroughbred just after a race, when blood-horse characteristics are so evident.
Horse Racing Sculpture
"Handicap Champion", in memory of Kelso and Forego.
Fine Harness Bronze
"Triumph" in honor of fine harness horses - this one winning the championship ribbon.
Hackney Pony Sculptures
"Man on the Town", 1/5 scale portrait of the Hackney pony.
Hackney Cob Tail Pony Sculpture
"Risin' Tide", a winning Cob-Tail Pony.
Saddlebred Art
"Criterion" - This bronze depicts
a full Racking Gait.
a full Racking Gait.
Bronze Filly
"The Filly" - A foal correct in every detail
Bronze Horse Statues
A 1/5 scale head study on a walnut base, titled "Odyssey".
3 Gaited Saddlebred
A most elegant Three Gaited work, titled "Accolade".
STEP BY STEP CREATION OF A BRONZE HORSE SCULPTURE :
Visit the Life size Bronze "Phoenix" sculpture created for The International Museum in Kentucky, for a STEP BY STEP EXPLANATION, in words and images, of the fascinating process of how such bronze horses are created. See also, the Life size "Supreme Sultan" created for the American Saddlebred Museum.
THE CASTING of BRONZE SCULPTURE
The oldest method known for the casting of bronze, is known in sculpting as the cire perdue (Lost wax) process, in which the mold is formed over a wax model. The wax is then melted out (or lost) to leave the hollow space in which to pour molten metal alloy. Variations of this process, used to create bronze horse sculpture today, were practiced in Mesopotamia, Egypt and China many centuries before the Christian era.
MUSEUM QUALITY BRONZE HORSE SCULPTURE
Museum quality means the completed casting is very high in over-all quality. The thickness of the walls of the bronze sculpture at any point, from ears to tail to legs of the horse, should be no more than one fourth of an inch thick. Solid or heavy castings are no longer necessary or desired. There should be NO tool marks on the surface of the horse as this detracts from the texture or lack of texture of the sculptor's original and denotes a lack of casting finesse. The patina (or final coloring of the bronze horse) should be achieved with the painstaking, time-consuming layering of actual chemicals that etch into the surface of the metal to provide a depth of color over transparent color - a patination that is achievable no other way.
There are many stages in the creation of a finished bronze sculpture, and each stage requires great knowledge, skill, and a very great deal of time for the result to be considered museum quality. Such quality absolutely requires that: a sculptor not only sculpts a competent original but oversees every detail in every stage during the long process, from lst mold to completed casting, and works with exacting and very talented artisans, in a fine arts foundry that pours the right alloy at the right temperatures.
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