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How is a sculpture made?

This question is asked a lot.  When sculpting the original out of clay, it can take weeks, months or years, depending on the theme, the size and how inspired the artist is / how fast they work on it.  That's one side of the coin.   The other side is the casting into bronze.  Below is a generic video of the lost wax bronze casting method. Often when admirers are educated about what goes into the creation of a bronze sculpture, they aren't shocked at the cost.  So it's two halves, the creation of the original, then the molding and casting of the bronze.  To learn more about creation of an original,you can read Eli's thoughts and see progress in the UPDATES section. 
Welcome to the website for artist and sculptor Eli Hopkins. Eli is a wildlife artist, painter and creator of bronze sculpture.  From bronze sculpture, oil paintings, wildlife statues, to monument commissioned memorials, you will find it here. As the son of renowned sculptor Mark Hopkins, Eli's passion is wildlife sculpture, wildlife statues and animal art, however he also is discovering figurative sculpture, figurative statues and children art as well.   Bald Eagle sculpture, horse sculpture, elk sculpture, duck sculpture, hawk sculpture, heron sculpture, elephant sculpture, giraffe sculpture, bull sculpture, bison sculpture, zebra art, grizzly bear sculpture, western sculpture, elk sculpture, any western art, African art, African sculpture and many more are some of the themes he enjoys.  Additionally he has been commissioned by various individuals and entities to create certain personalized sculptures, corporate awards and memorial monuments in bronze.  Eli also performs as a living statue which you can read more about on this site.  No matter the subject matter, bronze sculpture is Eli's life and focus.  As the artistic career of Eli Hopkins blossoms, he hopes to stretch his creativity and sculpt things like cute animal art, animal sculpture, pet art, more bird art, African statues, duck statue, mallard sculpture, all kinds of wildlife art.  Bronze bear sculpture, heron statues, sculpture decor.