Stephen Rautenbach's Sculpture Space

The Black Eagle Bronze sculpture complete

stephen rautenbach — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:08:48 +0000

Click to view slideshow. The Black Eagle has landed.

The bronze sculpture is finally finished, patinated and has a jewel-like finish. Edition /9

Size; 1005mmH/700mmW

Bronze Eagle in the patination process

stephen rautenbach — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:09:35 +0000

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The Patina process is a lengthy one. The bronze is heated with a powerful blowtorch until the bronze ‘sweats’.

Combinations of chemicals are sprayed onto the Heated Bronze surface, speeding up the natural oxidisation of the non-ferrous metal.

Depending on the recipe, the combinations result in beautiful colours that are set by applying wax to the cooled surface.

New Bronze Eagle Progress photos

stephen rautenbach — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:06:25 +0000

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: Bronze Eagle in FettlingThe bronze sculpture is thoroughly checked and well finished before it goes to the final patination and presentation stage of its production process. Bronze Eagle, Foundry photo

The bronze Eagle sculpture in Fettling

stephen rautenbach — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:34:32 +0000

Bronze Eagle welded together in fettling

: My bronze eagle sculpture at the foundry

The bronze Sculpture was cast in pieces and has been welded together to specification. After welding sections together the textures are replicated and integrated to hide weldlines.

My Black Eagle bronze sculpture in the foundry process

stephen rautenbach — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:51:30 +0000

Click to view slideshow. My Black Eagle sculpture has recently been cast in bronze, in the lost wax process the sculpture is cut up into sections. These pictures are illustrative of the raw bronze still partly “gated up” before sandblasting, ceramic removal, welding together and fettling.

Eagle sculpture on completion in wax

stephen rautenbach — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:02:51 +0000

Click to view slideshow. View my portfolio of bronzes at www.bronzeart.co.za

Black eagle sculpture

stephen rautenbach — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:26:44 +0000

Black eagle sculpture in wax for bronze

‘Rain Bull’ Pic by Clint Strydom

stephen rautenbach — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:02:05 +0000

: The Rain Bull photo by C Strydom

Clint took some great pics of the Rain bull at my Stellenbosch sculpture studios.

The Rain Bull

stephen rautenbach — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:34:27 +0000

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Guineafowl sculpture

stephen rautenbach — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 18:43:22 +0000

Guineafowl is in wax for bronze. Pic taken at my Studio Gallery in Stellenbosch.