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SHIPPERS’ SUPPLY CELEBRATES!
Celebrating their 40th anniversary this year, this family-owned-
and-operated business is renowned in NoCo for their innovative,
quality packaging. Custom-built crates for sculptures are one
of their specialties.
An example - employees at Shippers’ Supply Custom Pack built
a custom crate around a monumental bronze sculpture bound
for France. Honoring D-Day, the sculpture depicts a soldier
leading his men into action. Called “Leadership Monument,”
the piece was sculpted by Stephen Spears of Alabama and cast
by Art Castings. The custom wooden crate weighed more than
the 500-pound sculpture! Owners Jim and Sheree Lambert ship
many fragile, unusual, and monumental pieces weekly. They
love to crate art!
Philippe Faraut, famed
for his classical sculptures
of people and animals,
is coming to Loveland
to teach a 3-day figure
sculpting workshop. For
more than 25 years,
Faraut has traveled the
US and abroad to teach
sculptors how to render
portraits and figures in
clay. His works range
from small Eartheware
clay figurines to life-sized
monuments in stone and
bronze.
Philippe has made his
techniques available to
art students through a book series, videos and workshops he
teaches throughout the US on portraiture and figure sculpting.
He will be teaching a three-day figure workshop October 3
- 5, 2025 at Sculpture Depot, 418 8th Street, Loveland, CO.
Learn more about Philippe’s workshops and art at
philippefaraut.com/pages/seminars.
THE STEPS
1. THE MAQUETTE – The artist begins by sculpting a tabletop size
piece, called a maquette. This is the model on which the larger,
finished sculpture is based.
2. ENLARGEMENT –The maquette is then scaled-up as foam
enlargement. This proportionally correct enlargement is covered
with clay, and refined further by the artist.
3. MOLD MAKING – The life-sized clay sculpture is cut into
pieces and painted with several layers of liquid rubber. The mold
is then finished with a thick layer of plaster so that the mold will
hold its shape.
4. WAX POURING – The mold pieces are coated with wax.
5. WAX CHASING – When the wax has cooled, the pieces are
removed from the molds and reassembled. The wax chaser
cleans the seam lines and other defects. The artist then makes
final refinements.
6. WAX SPRUING – The wax form is cut into pieces again and
each piece attached to a wax “sprue cup” and fitted with “sprue
bares,” which will eventually become tunnels through which the
molten bronze will flow.
7. THE SHELL – Each section of the wax sculpture is dipped several
times to coat it with a layer of silica sand called “shell.” This process
alone can take several weeks.
8. LOST WAX PROCESS – After the shell is dry, it is placed in a
large kiln where the wax is melted out.
9. BRONZE POURING – The bronze is heated up to 2000 degrees
and poured into the shell. When the bronze has cooled, the now
brittle shell is hammered and sandblasted away. Then the metal
sprue cup and bares are cut away with a torch. The pieces are
then sent for finishing.
10. WELDING and METAL CHASING – The bronze pieces are
reassembled and welded together. The metal chaser grinds down
the welds, sands and polishes the bronze. The sculpture is ready
for a patina finish and sealant, and a base, if needed.
With A Master