The Claire McCardell Project Update

Finishing the full-scale Claire McCardell

After a grueling winter, I welcomed the warmer studio temperatures and wrapped up the finishing touches on the the 7'6" clay sculpture of Claire McCardell. It has been shipped off to a mold-making studio and the mold transported to a bronze foundry in Loveland, Colorado. For the next six months, the foundry will pour a wax into the mold, then create a finished bronze.

How is it cast in bronze?

The bronze foundry uses a centuries-old process to transform a clay sculpture into bronze. It's called the lost-wax process because in one of the steps, the wax is melted away! See here...

https://youtu.be/uPgEIM-NbhQ

Once the foundry is finished with the bronze, we'll have it transported back to Frederick, Maryland where we can install it along Carroll Creek!

See you at the unveiling!