casting oddities

When most people asks us for a visit in our company the asks generally “can i come see a pouring?”.  Pouring is identified as the main process in a foundry and also, because of its visual appearance and its situation of danger , the most spectacular. For...

waxing the wax

Wax retouching is the first step , in the process of artistic foundry, in which the artist can work side by side with artisans . After the wax is created , it must be retouched to erase the little defect that come from the mould. In fact even if the mould is perfect...

in death of Romano Cosci

Of him we remember the smile and the great capacity of a painter and sculptor that understand deeply the work of the artisans . A person of high artistic and human culture. I personally think of him as a friend and i will remember forever the many moments passed...

A good beginning – mould making

The first step to do a god work in a foundry is to have a good mould. the mould is a negative made generally with plaster and rubber (siliconic or other kind) that we need to make a wax copy of the model that the sculptor give us. Is not so easy as it seems to make a...

GOLD !

  Very often we receive particular requests from our customers. The one of this week is interesting because involve a metal that almost everyone likes: gold Gold is the most malleable of metals , from the stretching of a gram of gold you can obtain a wire 3,5 km...

Mitoraj in Pisa

Yesterday evening opened the last exhibition of Igor Mitoraj’s sculptures and paintings. This time the place is really suggestive: Pisa miracle square, just in front of the famous leaning tower. the exhibition is dedicated to the figure of the angels and is...