{"id":722,"date":"2014-05-19T22:28:06","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T21:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.atelierlf.com\/?p=722"},"modified":"2016-02-27T16:26:28","modified_gmt":"2016-02-27T15:26:28","slug":"rencontre-de-fondeur-dart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atelierlf.com\/en\/rencontre-de-fondeur-dart\/","title":{"rendered":"Art foundry discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Art foundry “the Cyclops”:<\/h2>\n

L’atelier Lionel Fernandes make use of their services for the realization of ornamental\u00a0bronzes or for the\u00a0restoration of art objects.\u00a0it is\u00a0my great\u00a0pleasure to introduce this art foundry.<\/p>\n

What is a foundry of art?<\/strong>\u00a0it allows the creation of art ornamental bronze, sculptures or art objects, by molding the metal. The created objects are diverse and varied: jewels, sculptures, door hardware and locks, lamps, ornamental bronze for fine furniture…etc. Five specialties\u00a0are involved\u00a0in the art foundry: mold, bronze smelt, chiseling, patina, and basing. Realization of sculptural work results from a\u00a0close collaboration between the sculptor and every specialist in the foundry.<\/p>\n

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Art foundry the Cyclops \/ Mr Nicolas Durand & Mr Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Michel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Supplemental information:<\/h2>\n

The bronze is a metal alloy composed of copper (85%), tin (12%) and lead (3%). This metal is both\u00a0moldable and resistant to\u00a0corrosion.<\/p>\n

There are three main\u00a0techniques of bronze object realization:
\n– Mold casting: this technique use a mold in stone, plaster or terracotta in order to extract objects with symmetric shape.
\n– Sand casting: this technique allows to stamp\u00a0the original item in a mixture of fine sand and clay. The mold so created is dried in a steam room and\u00a0prepared\u00a0to receive the molten metal. The mold is then broken to uncover the art piece. This technique only allows to realize a single copy.
\n– Lost wax casting: This technique is the most common method for the\u00a0reproduction of objects with\u00a0complex shapes. In this case, the original model is directly created by the sculptor, in wax. This method allows to create one unique bronze sculpture with a high degree of accuracy.<\/p>\n

The art of the founder\u00a0rely on\u00a0the good dosage between the different materials\u00a0and the control\u00a0of thermal treatments. When the bronze is cooled, the mold is broken to extract the art object. Then, the bronze-smelter deburr the piece to remove the roughness of the surface. The patina allows the interplay of light, shadow and colors. It\u00a0is elaborated by a technician, with\u00a0the indications\u00a0of the sculptor. The\u00a0application of products on the bronze creates a unique patina that give to the art object its colors, reflections and effects.<\/p>\n

Source: INMA \/ www.fonderiedescyclopes.blogspot.com<\/h6>\n

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The foundry of the Cyclops is a ‘Living Heritage Company’ that gather creative craftsmen, artists and heritage lovers… Their work comprise restoration, creation, and rehabilitation of monumental sculpture or small object. I invite you to discover them …[caption id=\"attachment_723\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"500\"]\"Fonderie Arts foundry the Cyclops \/ Mr Nicolas Durand & Mr Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Michel[\/caption]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[16,7,11,15,12,5],"class_list":["post-722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rencontre","tag-artiste","tag-creation","tag-demonstration","tag-metier-dart","tag-rehabilitation","tag-restauration","post_format-post-format-image"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.atelierlf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/cyclopes.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atelierlf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atelierlf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atelierlf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atelierlf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atelierlf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.atelierlf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atelierlf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atelierlf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atelierlf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atelierlf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}