Larger than life busts in the foundry.
Bronze offers many advantages beyond its obvious beauty. Durability and the assumption of tribute that bronze brings to a work of art are two qualities which make it ideal for public portraiture.
This closer view shows some of the supple modelling which can be captured in bronze.
a view of the side prior to installation
Plasticine models created after a sitting with Prem and Saroj at the artist’s studio.
To make a bronze sculpture a rubber mold is made from the clay model. From this mold a wax copy is produced. The wax copy can be further refined before a waste mold is made by covering the wax in a ceramic shell. That shell is heated until the wax melts away. Into the cavity created molten bronze is poured. The portrait shown here is nearing completion.
Larger than life Portrait busts in the new Singhmar Centre for Learning, NorQuest College.
Hunter started his railroading career as a carman-oiler for ‘The Frisco’ in 1964. He would eventually become the leader of a number of Railroads, notably as the CEO of the CPR.
Another view of the clay (plasticine) bust of the Railroader Hunter Harrison.
A closer look at the Hunter Harrison clay model.
Bronze bust for the E. Hunter Harrison Campus, Canadian Pacific Railways, Calgary.