A dozen large, bronze sculptures - men toiling in the field and foundry, heaving hammers or pinching molten metal with hot tongs - perch on the roofline of the Grohmann Museum. These fellows, each about 9 feet tall and weighing in at a thousand pounds a piece, have a commanding view of a city that was built on the hard work they depict.
The commissioned sculptures, replicas of smaller bronzes in the collection, were fabricated in the Philippines through a process called lost-foam casting that transformed them from their original size of about 19-inches to larger-than-life scale.
The process involves sculpting the works out of polystyrene and then creating a casting, which employs a series of steps using wax, ceramic and molten bronze.
In addition to the 12 large-scale works, another six sculptures are displayed in the 10,000 square-foot garden's interior. The space is perfect place for enjoying sculpture, contemplation or entertaining.
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| Rooftop Sculpture Garden as seen in an aerial view of the Grohmann Museum. |
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Grohmann Museum |