Modern Bronze Sculptures - Contemporary Bronze Sculptures
These contemporary abstract bronze sculptures are fabricated from silicone bronze, a beautiful golden-brown metal. Bronze has been a celebrated medium of metal sculptors for millenia.
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| 'Dancing Fire' Fabricated bronze with sanded surface 30" tall x 16" x 9" |
'Melody' Fabricated bronze with sanded surface 27" x 16" x 10" |
'Lyrical' Fabricated bronze with sanded surface 26" tall x 14" x 13" |
Smaller bronze sculptures are ideal for tabletop or pedestal display. Think of them as being maquettes. They are beautiful from every angle. Large bronze sculptures are perfect for sculpture gardens and outdoor display.
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| Almost Eight | Dancing Fire 2 | Loop the Loop |
Silicone bronze is 5% silicon and 95% copper. The silicon makes it easier to weld than copper - also easier to cast. The copper enables the bronze to take on many of the patinas and flame colorations of copper. Bronze, like copper, doesn't rust - it forms a patina on its surface which protects the metal below. Bronze sculptures were being made in China four thousand years ago: many are in perfect shape today.
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| Mobius 1 Bronze Sculpture |
Mobius 2 Bronze Sculpture |
Reverse Ess Bronze Sculpture |
'Wavy Bronze Column' 39"h x 5"w x 5"d on 2" x 10" round base |
Bronze sculptures were originally made with an alloy of copper and tin and/or zinc and lead, both alloys of which are available today. I create my fabricated bronze sculptures by shaping two ribbons of metal together, adding spacers to get the width, then welding on the sides in pieces. It's a time-consuming labor of love but ensures that each bronze sculpture is individual and unique. A small circular sander is used to smooth out the welds and give the bronze surface a texture that catches and reflects the light from its many facets.
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| 'Mobius Supine' 32"w x 15"h x 14"d fabricated bronze sculpture on 36" x 18" x 2" steel base |
'Dragon Song' |
Bronze is an expensive metal. 1/16" (16 gauge) bronze is twice as expensive as 1/16" pure copper, which is three times as expensive as 1/8" 5052 aluminum and 1/16" 304 stainless steel. However, sometimes it is the only way to get that special look and appeal. Fabrication costs are higher than the metal cost for small sculptures, so bronze sculptures 36" and smaller are about the same price as stainless steel. For larger sculptures, width must be increased at a great rate than height, to achieve the same effect. Therefore, ten foot tall bronze sculptures can be 50% or more than the same sculpture in stainless steel or aluminum. Sometimes that is the best way to go.
