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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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