. Scientific American Volume 91 Number 16 (October 1904). bythe other. Though the sculptor usually carries out his concep-tion in clay or wax of the same size as the intendedbronze, it is sometimes inconvenient, especially if thestatue is to be of heroic size, to do this, and conse-quently the artists original is frequently much smaller determined by their shape; for instance, if a half-closed hand is to be molded, the fingers and the bodyof the hand would have to be separately reproducedand afterward assembled, as otherwise it would bemanifestly impossible to remove the pattern in onepiece wi
. Scientific American Volume 91 Number 16 (October 1904). bythe other. Though the sculptor usually carries out his concep-tion in clay or wax of the same size as the intendedbronze, it is sometimes inconvenient, especially if thestatue is to be of heroic size, to do this, and conse-quently the artists original is frequently much smaller determined by their shape; for instance, if a half-closed hand is to be molded, the fingers and the bodyof the hand would have to be separately reproducedand afterward assembled, as otherwise it would bemanifestly impossible to remove the pattern in onepiece without destroying the mold. The analogyceases with the assembling of the separate wax complete figure is retouched as much as necessary,and, as the medium is wax, by using heat in the as-sembling the joints can be absolutely done away with,so that we have an exact wax likeness of the artistsoriginal. A great advantage of this method is that, ifhe desires to do so, the artist can change or retouchthe wax figure as much as he pleases. The wax is. Retouching Plaster Model. Finishing: Model of General Porter. Putting on Channels, Gates, and Cores. 1 1 «,v * &1 i*sr^ p 1 m n Ki] 1 fe^iS^ r ,.
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