Bronze Horse Statue Introduction:
This antique bronze standing horse statue is our hot selling product, we just did one for our Australia friend last month. Our artist team directors Wang and Liu both have been in sculpture designing for more than 18 years and focusing on studying the features of every popular horse breed, like Body proportion and shape of the bone, muscle, fur… Because of their rich experience, and with our advanced lost-wax casting, finest welding&chasing skills, and also excellent patina, they always supply amazing bronze horse statues in art quality.
The 9 Steps of Making an Antique Horse Statue:
Step 1 Clay Model Making
our artist’s team makes a clay model at first, which is 100% based on customers’ requests. YouFine has been casting bronze horses for 40 years. Our bronze horse clay model is very realistic and beautiful. Especially our artists learn the clay model since childhood. They are able to sculpt the horse’s expression to life. In addition, our artists would modify the clay model according to the customer’s needs after the engraving is completed. There is no doubt that you would get the clay model we have many horse sculptures. Then, if you cast a bronze horse sculpture in YouFine, you could use our existing clay model for free. That way you could save thousands of dollars.
Step 2 Silicon Rubber Mold
This step is by far the most critical. All the detail which appears on the bronze sculpture must be captured in the mold. The mold (depending on the size of the sculpture) is cut into sections for casting. After our artist completes the clay model, the face details of the bronze horse sculpture would be replicated using the silicone model. Such a technique could reproduce the details of the horse more beautifully and realistically. That’s why YouFine’s bronze horse sculpture looks so refined.
Step 3 Wax Making and Chasing
Molten wax is poured into the mold to form layers of wax. This wax model is an exact duplicate of the original casting. Then the wax is pulled from the mold and hand chased (re-detailed) by a skilled artisan. Although the artist reproduces the original artwork, each piece may slightly differ from the next. Wax rods (gates) and a pouring cups are attached to the wax casting in just the right positions. This will assure a full pour.
Step 4 Ceramic Shell Making
In a temperature-controlled climate of 72 degrees Fahrenheit, the wax casting is dipped into Investment liquid several times. On the first dip a fine powder is applied. On the next dip of course, ceramic sand will be applied. This step is repeated several times, each increasing the coarseness of the material to create the ceramic mold. Between each dip, the ceramic layer must cure (dry) before another layer can be applied.
Step 5 Burn-Out and Casting
The ceramic shell is placed in a kiln and fired. The shell bakes and the wax is melted (lost) from the shell. This creates a hollow ceramic shell mold. Thus the term “Lost Wax.” Immediately the molten bronze is poured into the shell. At the time of pouring, the bronze is 2100 degrees Fahrenheit.
Step 6 Shell Removing
After the casting has cooled for several hours, the shell is carefully broken away leaving the unfinished bronze. After that, on top of the silicone model, our artist would brush multiple layers of wax water and wait until the wax water solidifies on the model. You get a thick wax shell of bronze horse parts. In addition, our artists use silica sol on top of the wax shell. After using the silica sol, stick with very fine sand. This way you get a sand shell.
Then the next step is to wait for the sand shell to solidify. This step is to ensure that, after a long time, there would be no white spots on the surface of the bronze sculpture. Because, once the white spots appear on the surface of the sculpture, it would not only affect the appearance but also cause the sculpture to crack. Eventually, without a doubt, your sculpture would be unusable.
Step 7 Welding & Chasing
with their finest welding&chasing skills, our professional craftsmen assemble the pieces together and show all details of the original for us. In this step, our artist would weld various parts of the bronze horse sculpture. In the welding process, we use a combination of spot welding and full welding. This welding method could ensure that the sculpture is more solid. Second, our artists polish the sculpture. After grinding, the surface of our bronze sculpture would not have sand holes. This is more conducive to coloring.
Step 8 Patina
According to customers’ requests, we make unique and art-quality patinas that can stand for tens of years. First, our artists used chemical coloring. This coloring method could ensure that the color of the sculpture is more natural. Also, we artists are very good at color grading. So you like bronze horse sculptures in any color. Our artists are able to meet your needs. You could clearly see how beautiful and exquisite our sculptures are.
Step 9 Finished
We try our best to create ART-quality sculptures within your budget. What is more, our affordable price 100% GUARANTEE you top quality artwork you can’t find at other places for the antique bronze standing horse statue.
Focusing on bronze casting since 1983 is a reliable supplier of bronze sculpture. So if you need an antique bronze standing horse statue, do not hesitate to contact us for a quote.