Casting Alan Cottrill's Equestrian
Statue of Major General |
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Workshop of Coppermill Bronze Works |
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Clay Sculpture |
After four months of work, Alan Cottrill's clay statue is cast into bronze. The process is not a quick job but slowly worked on a little piece at a time. The larger than life equestrian statue is carefully reduced to hundreds of small pieces which will each be cast then welded together to form the statue which will stand on Sunbury Village Square. We saw 5 pieces cast using 300 pounds of bronze. | |||||||
Horse Assembled |
Clay of Major General Rosecrans with wax on his head | |||||||
Making Mold over the Rubber for Casting the Bronze |
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Wax covered mold is dipped into ceramic slurry to make the mold for casting | These are hung on hooks to dry | Molds going into the Kiln to melt wax | ||||||
Bronze heating in furnace |
Checking temperature of bronze |
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Molds from the Kiln - after 2 hours at 1500 degrees |
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Molds |
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Fitting molds into casting box of sand |
Casting box |
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Crucible of Hot Bronze Removed from Furnace - Pouring Begins |
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Opening the furnace | Moving crucible toward molds | Skimming impurities | ||||||
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After 300 pounds of
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Placing ingots in
crucible |
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Removing Castings in the Molds to the Yard to Complete Cooling |
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Mold broken away |
Buttons on jacket and cuff | ||||||
Inside of back legs |
After cast is broken from bronze Pieces are welded together |
Inside of front legs | ||||||
Thanks to Charles
Leasure and his Crew for showing Janet MacKenzie |
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Photos by Bill Comisford and Polly Horn |
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Statue Committee: Chairman Bill Comisford,
Treasurer Hon. Henry Shaw, jr. |
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Return to
Statue Return to Big Walnut Area Historical Society |
(9-16-2013) |
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