The original marble statue, in dire need of restoration.
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Restoring the original. Using SuperSeal® to temporarily seal the statue, clay is layered over the surface. Here, you can see the line between the old and the new.
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With the clay restoration complete, the clay will be removed after the mold is made and the SuperSeal® will be washed off, leaving the statue clean.
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Mold is made using Smooth-Sil® 920, which allows the artist to cut the seams, brush it on, color different layers, pour it, thicken it, thin it, separate or bond layers, overcoming any challenge.
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The back of this figure is molded with keys and parting seams. Smooth-Sil® 920 allows the building of these ''tooling features'' with minimal trouble.
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A mold knife is used to clean and sharpen seams along the back sections.
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A replica is made using a hand layup method to capture detail accurately. Since the statues are cast holllow, the artist needs to be able to reach inside the molds as he is working.
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The replica is patinaed. Here is the replica next to the original. Now the artist uses the new mold to cast weathered replacement parts for the original statue.
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Using a special techique of layering the mold with wax, the artist simulates surface wear. A head and arm are cast in polymer cement that has less detail, matching the original statue.
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Here is the replica and the restored original.
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The new statue looks great back on the Belmont campus where the original once was.
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