There have been a number of questions concerning the difference between a Hot Cast and Cold Cast Bronze. Short and sweet version: Hot Cast is Metal and Cold Cast is Resin. Both forms are usually made from a...
As a follow on to my two earlier guides, I have had requests on how to identify a real hot cast bronze. The following are only suggestions and no harm whatsoever should be caused to a real hot cast bronze in...
Hello there. I've been collecting bronzes by a company called Heredities for a while now, and thought that if you had seen one of these fine peices, and had considered perhaps starting a collection of your...
The most traditional method of casting bronze is the Lost Wax Process. This process is more commonly used for figural sculptures capturing fine detail whilst the other common method, Sand Casting is used for...
A Guide to buying Bronze Sculptures, how to verify Genuine Bronzes from the endless Cheap reproductions in the market today. Real Bronzes last forever, cheap copies can be hazardous and very rarely retain or...
Have you had an amazing buy on Ebay? If so please let me know and I will update my guide with your tales of good fortune and luck. With all the doom and gloom with the credit crunch it will be nice to have...
Demetre Chiparus is perhaps the most famous exponent of the art deco figurine in bronze. Chiparus (1886-1947) was Romanian-born but worked in Paris sculpting theatrical subjects as well as dancers from the...
Fayral and Guerbe were 2 pseudonyms used by the famous Pierre Le Faguays. Fayral and Guerbe were both the family names for his mother and wife. Pierre Le Faguays was born in Nantes, France and became famous...
Joe Descomps (1869 - 1950) was a French sculptur working out of Paris in the 1920s and specialised in small scale figures in Ivory and Bronze. Although a number of his chyrselephantine figures are eclectic or...
Gregoire was a famous French bronze sculpturist who worked in France in the 18th Century. He was born in Saumur in 1871 and received the Prix de Rome in 1899 which was followed by many other awards from the...