My professional life as a chef and pastry chef has given me opportunities
to create sculptures in edible mediums of chocolate and sugar.
Working with clay, silicone and the cold-cast bronze process
has brought new life to my creativity
in a more permanent form.
Photography allows
me the opportunity to see the world
through a lens and capture its beauty.
Coldcast Bronze Process
Achieving similar results to the ancient process of bronze sculptures,
the cold-cast process does not require a forge.
A clay form is sculpted, coated with layers of silicone.
The silicone mold with the encapsulated clay is coated with plaster to produce a hard "mother mold" to keep the mold in place.
The clay form is then removed from the silicone.
The inside of the mold is coated with a thin layer of bronze metal powder.
Acrylic resin is poured into the mold and allowed to set.
The casting is removed from the mold and lightly coated with a colored metal wax for patina.
After the wax has hardened, the form is lightly buffed with fine steel wool, then coated with protective spray enamel.
Each piece has a felt bottom or backing.
Hanger wires are inserted in back of pieces that are meant to hang.
