CHAPTER EIGHT

THE FOUNDRY OF THE FUTURE?

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“Digital tools incorporated in my process save me time and money. These digital tools also relieve me from the monumental tasks that are the least creative—armature building. In the long run, this gives me more time to create. When it comes to bronze—one day the build size, cost, and resolution of 3D technology will catch up to a fine artist’s needs. I don’t expect that will be too far in the future.”

Sculptor Bridgette Mongeon

 

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Grambling Tiger, mascot by Bridgette Mongeon.

 

 

Bronze casting has been in existence for thousands of years. In that time, the process of casting a bronze ...

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