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The sculptures here are cast in bronze.
I nearly always sculpt in clay first and make a cast of the sculpture in wax afterwards.
This casting method is called cire perdue which is French for lost wax. This is due to the cast in wax being burnt away before the melted bronze is poured into the mould.
Exceptionally I'll sculpt the figure directly in wax. Often there will then only be one copy of this sculpture, whereas I sometimes makes up to six copies of the ones that I started in clay.
It is very common to make several copies of a sculpture in bronze. In Denmark we make six or eight, if you make more than that, the copies will be considered mass production and the prize should be lowered accordingly.
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