Patina Application Bronze can take up differing colours depending on the reagents that are applied. Patination is a process that accelerates the oxidation that would normally occur to the bronze through weathering. Lost-wax – The technique
The interment of the moulds. After heating, the moulds are covered with pressed wet earth. This prevents the deformation or cracking of the loto moulds during the casting of the bronze, whose specific weight is approximately 9 times higher than water. Lost Wax – Technique
See also “THE PATH OF ART – THE STORY THAT UNITES ANTONIO BERTI AND THE MARINELLI FOUNDRY” The story of the casting of works of art told by Ferdinando Marinelli. The “Vincenzo Meucci” room of the municipal library “Ernesto Ragionieri” in Sesto Fiorentino was filled with students of the artistic high school for the conference…
On December 14, 2015 the press conference “Holy Door in the Vatican, between Florence and Chianti the art secrets that made it” was held. The history, techniques, images, original casts, secrets of the ancient fusion lost wax revealed and told by the protagonists of the Artistic Foundry Ferdinando Marinelli. Below is the press review…
Pope Francis last December 8, 2015 opened the Holy Door of the Vatican Basilica of St. Peter, cast in 1949 by Ferdinando Marinelli Artistic Foundry and the Holy Year of Mercy has officially started- Read the article “A tour of the ‘Fonderia Artistica Marinelli’ where the Holy Door of St Peter’s was cast” by Veronica Scarisbrick of…
The Holy Doors of St. Peter’s Basilica, cast by Ferdinando Marinelli’s family foundry in 1950, will be opened on December 8th by Pope Francis to commence the Jubilee year. In anticipation of this event, Vatican Radio sent seasoned reporter, Veronica Scarisbrick, to visit the foundry and report on the ancient craft behind the Holy Doors. The…
The Wild Boar, or better known ‘Porcellino’ is one of the symbols of Florence. It’s said that touching its snout brings good luck, but because of the millions of visitors who daily caress him, some holes have appeared. Thanks to Ferdinando Marinelli Foundry, which cast the sculpture which has replaced the original of Tacca at…
Simultaneously with the exhibition “Power and Pathos” at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, the Italian Cultural Institute invited the Ferdinando Marinelli Artistic Foundry in organizing an exhibition of pictures related to the ‘lost wax’ casting technique.
After the success of our exhibition “The Ages of Bronze” we are happy to present, from July 29 to September 13, 2015, a selection of our bronzes in the wonderful context of Il Salviatino. Info
On the occasion of the exhibition “Power and Pathos” at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, the Director of the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Dr. J.M. Bradburne, has organized a workshop with other experts of ancient bronzes about the techniques of lost wax casting. Read the publication
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