Bronze casting process I A modern take on Rodin's work

Auguste Rodin worked in clay but often had his sculptures cast in bronze. Learn how bronze sculptures are made in the 21st century by following the casting process from clay sculpting to the finished piece.

Rodin and the art of ancient Greece
26 April – 29 July 2018
#RodinExhibition
Sponsored by Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Organised with Musée Rodin, Paris

Special thanks to Bronze Age London for allowing us to film the casting process.

[SmevMev]

In case anyone's not familiar with the process and would like to find out more, it's usually known as the "lost wax method", or "investment casting"

[enzoma]

Really intersting process, but weird choice of music to go with it.

[ASilentS]

Should have done one of Irving Finkel.

[MDanimations]

This is really cool, I always wondered how they were able to have do much detail in metal!

[johncrwarner]

How does this method relate to the Benin Bronze tradition - one of the world's great Bronze making traditions and also something of which the British Museum has a lot.

[censusgary]

That mold material is silicone, not silicon. The British Museum should know the difference.

[owntor]

0:31 You lost me at the silicone mold. Is the silicone poured into the dried clay?

[Von-Verga]

Help, , what is the brand of ceramic powder, any reccomendation??

[catherineiselin]

Does anyone know what is the type of clay used here? Thank you in advance.

[andrewwilson]

What did they use before silicon? A plaster mold?

[ettit]

Knowing that ancient Romans or Greeks were using this method thousands of years ago is just mindblowing...

[alfredobenegas]

Wait but so your telling me that the Egyptians had machines as part of the process of making these statues?? I'm missing something here now

[booshmcfadden]

Oh, they've encased him in carbonite, he should be quite well protected.

[mickfromaustralia]

I still don't understand. Obviously I am stupid or the video is poorly made.

[TWOCOWS]

missed the most important step: step 1!!!! why???

[IronBalls]

You skipped the whole part from the sculpted clay to suddenly using a silicon mould that has wax pured in it. How to make that mould?? Useless video :/

[meditatingstuff]

Why keep colonial and stolen works, if you can do it yourself 🖖

[wgothe]

Interesting to see the process, but terrible artwork. 
Why do you bother to cast this crap in bronze in the first place?

I learned to sculpt, to create the moulds. to cast bronze, to apply the patina, so I do know what I am talking about and this "sculpture" was just the beginning of a three-year-learning process, absolutely no need spend time and money on casting it in bronze.

And BTW: Rodin didn't use sodium silicate moulds.

[RemyRAD]

For, Bronze Castings. Do I need to belong to SAG or AFTRA?

What? This is a different kind of casting? Aren't they hiring? What the hell kind of casting is this?

I thought I could find work here? While there seem to be very few people, cast? Where did they all go? Are they getting of these people are Casting, anything? Do you see anybody working? No. They are all on break.

So where can I go where there's some real Casting? I need work. I need to be on stage.
RemyRAD