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Bronze work has been traced as far back as 5,000 B.C. Yet, the basic principles remain the same to the present day. The most accurate and still the most popular method of casting bronze is the 'CIRE PERDUE' or 'lost wax' technique, in which the original model is sculpted in wax, coated with some sort of heat resistant material and heated to a temperature where the wax melts out. The negative impression inside the mold is then filled with molten metal, the alloy bronze. Although modern technology has allowed for the improvement of the finished article, the age old skills and basic techniques still remain the same unique ones. The several works of bronze from miniatures to the monumental, which exist in the Caribbean, were cast elsewhere. Attempts have been made to simulate bronze by using a cement fondue or mortar with a coating to resemble bronze. For the first time in the Caribbean's history, the cycle is complete; shaped into reality by a twelve year vision of the de Gannes family. The art works in bronze, created by Sculptor Hetty J. de Gannes and cast by the de Gannes Family, are the Caribbean's initial offering to this tradition. Learn more about the 'Cire Perdue' process at: |
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