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March 24, 2008
I recently went to the opening night of a new display by Arizonan sculptor John Tuomisto-Bell at the G2 Gallery. The main piece was a large bomb which could be wound up until a large spring took over and the bomb made a large cracking sound. It was loud enough that the whole gallery would jump each time it was wound up.
I was fortunate enough to be invited to a bronze pouring at his studio this weekend. Unfortunately I forgot my camera and the photo below is from a previous bronze pouring event.
I thoroughly enjoyed it. John gave a bit of a speech of the intricacy that goes into a casting, from wax, to ceramic shell, to smelting the bronze to pouring. It is a time and labor intensive process. Unfortunately the mould they were pouring into this weekend cracked and broke,spilling bronze all over the sand covered pit the mould was ensconced in. It is a hazard of the process; which can be an expensive setback especially when it is a casting for another sculptor.
More of John Tuomisto-Bell's work can be seen on his website.
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Cam,
lucky you.