Lawrence Noble’s Darth Vader half-life size pieces are ready to go!
The artist have already cast bronze sculptures of other characters from Star Wars like Yoda.
You can find more about Lawrence Noble’s work on his website.
Current Projects
Our current projects
Today we were happy to have a visit from the artist Sharon Spencer, who came from Washington to Artworks Foundry for the final patina on some of her pieces.
Sharon’s early work reflected her intense fascination with Native American and Eskimo cultures, affirming her respect for animals and the earth through her figurative sculpture. This thematic thread is constant throughout her work as it evolves into varying scale and different media, which range from large outdoor commissioned abstract pieces to simple, minimalist figurative sculpture.
Sharon’s art has been featured in Galleries and numerous private collections throughout the United States, Canada, Japan and Europe. She has received countless awards of excellence in juried major exhibitions and shows. Her sculpture captures the fragility of existence, and communicates a joyous affirmation of life, speaking quietly and powerfully to the heart.
You can see some pictures of Sharon’s visit below and more info about her work on the artist’s website!
Artworks Foundry had one more project accomplished this last week!
“The Book of Knowledge”,  is a project designed by the artistic team Precita Eyes Muralists (Susan Cervantes, Suaro Cervantes, Elaine Chu, Dan Machiarini, and Marina Perez Wong) and may be the only mural wall relief sculpture to successfully combine painted, fired ceramic tiles with bronze ever!
Artworks Foundry was involved in all the steps of this project, from the fabrication of the mold, passing through the lost wax process, casting and final patina.
According to the artist, the official opening will probably be in the second week of March of 2013.
If you would like to check it out, the Bernal Heights Public Library is located at 500 Cortland Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110.
You can see more information at the San Francisco Public Library’s website.
The bronze relief “The Book of Knowledge” cast at Artworks Foundry was installed at the Public Library.
The bronze relief “The Book of Knowledge” cast at Artworks Foundry was installed at the Public Library.
The bronze relief “The Book of Knowledge” cast at Artworks Foundry was installed at the Public Library.
The bronze relief “The Book of Knowledge” cast at Artworks Foundry was installed at the Public Library.
We are happy to say that the 4th and last section of the Remember Them Monument, by Mario Chiodo, is almost ready to go!
The last section will soon join the other 3 sections already unveiled and located at the Kaiser Plaza, in Oakland (19th Street & Telegraph, across from the Fox Theater).
It will be hard to say good bye after so many months seeing this amazing project here at Artworks Foundry!
The WordPress.com made a very good 2012 annual report for the Artworks Foundry blog.
Looking back to what we have done in this fantastic year of 2012 made us very happy and thrilled to keep posting our news and updates into this blog!
If you are interested to see more about our stats, you can check our complete report by clicking in the link below.
We wish you a happy 2013!
Here’s an excerpt:
600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 6,300 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 11 years to get that many views.
In this video you can see the whole Patina process done in one of Michael Parkes’ piece: Angel.
Our Patina artist is Aiya Jordan-Kawasaki. She has many years of experience and does an excellent work in the final step of the bronze casting!
Another monument fabricated at Artworks Foundry is ready to go to its site!
The BART Parking Garage Artwork project was designed by Mildred Howard. It consists in a 12′ x 40′ cor-ten steel wall with a poem carved on it. The wall will be located at the east and west side of the garage building. The words of the poem in the negative space will lit from below making it looks even more beautiful!
We can’t wait to install it!
This week we were happy to receive the visit of one of our clients Randy Morrison, from New Orleans.
Randy came to check the progress of his pieces that are being cast to go to his next show in New Orleans.
You can see more of Randy Morrison’s work on his website.
Piece: Last Lion
Artist: Michael Parkes
Patina: Aiya Jordan-kawasaki
Artworks Foundry, 2012
Hickstead statute being reveiled in Canada
One more of our big projects was unveiled few days ago in a beautiful cerimony realized in Calgary, Canada.
The stunning bronze statue was designed by artist Mary Sand and represents the gold-medal winning Hickstead, elected the “Best Horse in the World” in 2010 due to his many victories and participation in many competitons around the world.
The statue of Hickstead will now be displayed at Spruce Meadows on a permanent basis in homage to this wonderful athlete.
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