The majority of my works are in cast bronze.  Pieces are first sculpted in microcrystalline sculpture wax and then created using the lost wax bronze casting method.   This laborious method is explained in a link to Artworks Foundry.   Structural and suggestive shapes are cut from bronze stock. Straight lines are juxtaposed to contrast with the cast curvilinear contours. After many hours of welding, grinding, sanding, and polishing, a patina is applied that ages the bronze into any number of beautiful colors.   A layer of polishing wax seals and preserves the patina.  From start to finish this entire process requires many hours of hard labor.  Each piece takes anywhere from several months to a year to complete. Life-size sculptures can take several years