Bronze Praying Virgin Mary Statue 80 cm for OUTDOOR use

Bronze Praying Virgin Mary Statue 80 cm for OUTDOOR use. Work of unique value, created by an Italian company specialized in bronze casting using the lost wax casting technique. Lost wax casting is a bronze working technique known since ancient times and consists of creating a terracotta model, called a soul, on which to spread a thickness of wax that recreates the definitive dimensions and features of the work. The model is then covered with refractory clay, leaving the casting funnel, the drains and the wax vents protruding. After being placed in an oven, to melt the wax that will come out of the drains and vents, the molten bronze is poured into the cavity left by the melted wax using a crucible and left to cool before proceeding with the dismantling of the earth with chisels refractory. In the last finishing phase the sculptor proceeds with a mechanical scraping of the Statue, through sandblasting, to obtain a satin surface, or with polishing with the help of a burnisher. With this process only one-of-a-kind statues are created, since the loss of the wax model and the clay coating is inevitable. The Virgin Mary statue can be displayed both indoors and outdoors. The statue is colored with paints that allow it to resist even outdoors. Bronze, being a living material, tends to darken over the years (if exposed outdoors): this characteristic represents the beauty of bronze, which with the passage of time gives this product precious and unique features.