Products tagged with lost wax sculpture

Metal sculptors in Burkina Faso use a lost-wax casting method to create beautiful works of modern African art. This piece, Seaside Scholar, portrays a woman in a bathing suit and turban reading a book.

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This touching bronze sculpture of an expectant mother highlights the love a mother feels for her baby even before birth. Burkina Faso artisans cast it using a lost wax casting method, then hand-paint the details of the dress and headpiece. Designed to sit

A small group of talented metal casting artisans in Burkina Faso craft beautiful feminine sculptures from recycled metal using a lost-wax casting process. Each sculpture bears unique characteristics that reveal the handmade nature of its creation.

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The graceful lines of a ballerina are captured in bronze by artisans in Burkina Faso. Each ballerina is cast from wax then bronze and hand-painted with a delicate aquamarine to add a beautiful contrast.

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