A Las Vegas art gallery will soon sell the bronze cast of Horse and Rider, the only known surviving wax sculpture made by the Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci. The cast was made by American Fine ...

Like many other artists, San Diego-born Robert Anders supplemented his creative work with “day jobs” that had him living in cities from Minneapolis to Kansas City. But when it came time to consider ...

The process -- The creation and preservation of the original sculpture in solid wax -- Making the reproductory wax -- Retouching the hollow reproductory wax -- Exterior preparation; tie rods, ...

What is lost-wax casting? -- Metalworking in Bronze age China -- Was lost-wax casting used in Bronze age China? -- Further confirmed lost-wax castings I: the Xiasi Jin -- Further confirmed lost-wax ...

To begin with, her face was almost unrecognizable. But, with each strike of the hammer, her features began to take shape. By the time Ercel Johnson paused to wipe his brow, the visage of Sacagawea ...

A detailed study of a silver bracelet, discovered in 1884 in the necropolis of El Argar (Almería, southeastern Spain), has shown that it was made using the lost-wax casting technique. This is the ...