The bronze casting process and the creation of a custom bronze sculpture begins with you. 
Commission a custom bronze sculpture.
At Atlas Bronze Casting you will work directly with the artist to create the custom bronze sculpture you have in mind.
Then, once the custom sculpted clay model is completed by the artist and approved by you, the casting process begins.
1 - A rubber mold is created over the clay sculpture and then surrounded by a fiberglass mother mold or shell.
2 - The mold is removed from the clay model, cleaned, reassembled, and hot liquid wax is poured into the mold.  When the wax is cooled, it is pulled from the mold.  This wax is hollow inside, as will be the completed bronze sculpture.
3 - The wax copy of the sculpture is attached to sprews which attach it to a wax cup.
4 - The wax with the cup attached is then dipped into slurry and coated with sand.  This will create a ceramic shell around the wax.  The slurry and sand process is repeated until the wax sculpture has a thick shell surrounding it.
5 - The ceramic shell is then heated in a furnace to melt the wax out, and also to heat the ceramic to the same temperature as the bronze which will be poured into it.
6 - At the same time that the shell is being heated in a furnace, bronze ingots are heated in a crucible to approximately 2,000 degrees
7 -The ceramic shell is removed from the furnace and molten bronze is poured into the heated shell.
8 - When the shell and bronze have cooled, the ceramic shell is chipped off of the cast bronze piece.
9 - The pieces of the bronze sculpture are welded together.
10 - The bronze sculpture is sandblasted to create an even surface.
11 - The patina (color) is applied through chemical and heat processes and sealed with lacquer and coated with wax.