Bronze Sculpture
Pieta, Gate of Heaven Cemetery
Los Altos, California
Pickel Studio executes Sculptures in Bronze, using the traditional "Lost Wax Process". Clay is modeled to form a full-size model. Then a mold is made, into which wax is poured. The wax is hand detailed then dipped repeatedly into a ceramic slurry, forming a "shell". The mold is heated and the wax is "Lost" in the process, leaving a cavity inside the shell. Molten Bronze is poured into the heated mold and then, after cooling the shell is chipped away. After painstaking detailing and cleaning by hand the sculpture is patinated to achieve a variety of finished appearances.
St. Joseph the Worker,
Our Lady of Angels
Cemetery, Burlington,
Ontario Canada
Pickel Studio executes Sculptures in Bronze, using the traditional "Lost Wax Process". Clay is modeled to form a full-size model. Then a mold is made, into which wax is poured. The wax is hand detailed then dipped repeatedly into a ceramic slurry, forming a "shell". The mold is heated and the wax is "Lost" in the process, leaving a cavity inside the shell. Molten Bronze is poured into the heated mold and then, after cooling the shell is chipped away. After painstaking detailing and cleaning by hand the sculpture is patinated to achieve a variety of finished appearances.
Conrad Pickel sculpting clay model
of St. Anthony
Italian craftsman pouring bronze
Finished sculpture of St.Anthony
All Saints Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware
Blessing of Pieta
All Saints Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware
Vero Beach, Florida