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Ever wonder about how Kitty's great pieces of art come to be?  Well, take a photo tour of the Bronze Process.  See how Sheba came to be from clay to Bronze!

SheBa Clay 1 5x7
 

Pouring Wax-1
 

Artisan Mike Vest Slushing Wax-1
 

Sheba's clay head

Pouring wax

Artisan Mike Vest slushing wax

Artisan Jeff Carol Davenport dressing the wax-1
 

Wax cups & sprues for gating-1
 

Gated waxes with 1 coat of shell-1
 

Artisan Jeff Carol Davenport dressing the wax

Wax cups & sprues for gating

Gated waxes with 1 coat of shell

Sealed Shells ready for burnout-1
 

Preheated shells ready for pour-1
 

Filling the crucible with bronze-1
 

Sealed Shells ready for burnout

Preheated shells ready for pour

Filling the crucible with bronze

Pouring the shells-3
 

Devesting the castings-1
 

Shell broken off, ready for cutoff-1
 

Pouring the shells

Devesting the castings

Shell broken off, ready for cutoff

Cutoff & sandblasted, ready for welding-1
 

Welding in support for mounting to base
 

Tommy Heats The Sheba
 

Cutoff & sandblasted, ready for welding

Welding in support for mounting to base

Tommy heats Sheba head for patina

Kitty Paints the Patinia
 

Kitty Paints Ear
 

Sheba Final Patina
 

Kitty paints on patina

Kitty paints Sheba's  ears

The patina is finished on Sheba

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