Bronze Ballerina

Based on a well know Dutch ballerina, Alexandra Radius.

Posted by Marieke

About

I never thought I would be able to do this. I'm not a painter or a sculptor. But for some reason the material was perfect for me and I found it quite easy to shape it the way I liked.

So even though it's expensive to have it made in bronze I'm glad I did it.

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You Will Need (4 things)

  • Wax quantity depending on the size of your statue.
  • Cutting Tool
  • Carving Tools
  • Wire quite strong wire or also copper tubes are useful.

Steps (2 steps, 240 minutes)

  1. 1

    There's not many instructions.

    First you need meltable materials to make a frame (for instance copper).

    Fabric a frame that resembles what you want to make.

    Start adding the wax in pieces to shape it.

  2. 2

    When you're finished find a professional who can make your statue into a mall and then make a bronze statue of it.

    The picture is a random one from the internet. Back left the wax statue, in front the mall they made from it and back right the final bronze statue.