About Us
Why We're Different
At Art City Bronze, we work by the following guiding principles:
- Win together. We work together as one team, showing empathy and respect to each other along the way.
- Make it Easy. We only succeed when our clients succeed. We seek to understand our client’s needs, both internally and externally and make the process easy for them.
- Say it, do it, own it. We honor every one of our commitments and deliver on our promises. We are honest, ethical, and trustworthy.
- We solve the problem. If we see a problem or issue with quality, we solve it.
- 1% better each day. We strive to always improve every single day. Our process, our business, our community, ourselves.
These core values provide a framework that help us shape our decisions, behaviors, and culture and ultimately succeed with our clients.
Featured Artists
Jeff Wright
President of Art City Bronze
Jeffrey Wright a Native to Utah and a leader with over 20 years of experience integrating the functions of people, processes, systems, priorities, and strategies. He has lived abroad with his family for over 10 years leading a multinational organization and is a Master in follow-through with the unique ability to execute the vision of the Company and help team members stick to this vision. Jeffrey holds an MBA from Westminster College and has been recognized repeatedly for exemplary performance and contributions throughout his career. His greatest accomplishment is of a father and individual dedicated to giving back to the community. He has dedicated more than 7,400 hours of his personal time in service both locally and abroad to give back to his communities.
Jeff Wright
President of Art City Bronze
Jeffrey Wright is a Native to Utah and a leader with over 20 years of experience integrating the functions of people, processes, systems, priorities, and strategies. He has lived abroad with his family for over 10 years leading a multinational organization and is a Master in follow-through with the unique ability to execute the vision of the Company and help team members stick to this vision. Jeffrey holds an MBA from Westminster College and has been recognized repeatedly for exemplary performance and contributions throughout his career. His greatest accomplishment is of a father and individual dedicated to giving back to the community. He has dedicated more than 7,400 hours of his personal time in service both locally and abroad to give back to his communities.
Our Administrative Team
Explore The Process
Lost Wax Process
The Lost Wax Process
- Mold. A mold is created.
- Wax Pour. Wax is poured inside the mold creating a wax model.
- Wax chasing. The wax is removed from the mold, cleaned up, sprues or gates are added along with a pouring cup to the wax model.
- Slurry or Investment. The wax model and sprues are dipped into a slurry material to create a ceramic shell.
- Flashing or Burnout. The shell is placed in a kiln. This creates a ceramic shell and melts out the wax, creating a void for the bronze to be added.
- Casting. Molten metal is poured into the mold.
- Chip-off. The ceramic shell is cooled, then chipped off exposing the metal.
- Metal Prep. The piece is sandblasted, and the sprues are cut-off with a plasma cutter.
- Metal Chasing. The piece(s) are welded back together, and the final polishing and texturing is completed over the welded seams. Final polishing takes place.
- Patina. The desired finish is applied.
Sculpting
A sculptor may create their original artwork out of various materials (clay, wax, wood, plaster, stone, etc.), but the most common medium we see is clay.
Artists will spend considerable time studying, mapping out, drawing, and designing a sculpture long before any sculpting actually begins. Depending on the size and complexity of the piece, sculpting can take anywhere from days to months to finish.
Mold Making
After an artist's original piece has been sculpted, a silicone rubber mold must be made.
Layers of liquid rubber are applied to the original sculpture to capture the fine detail. After the rubber has set, a thick plaster mixture is applied and given time to harden to create a rigid "mother mold" to help preserve the firm shape.
Depending on the size of the piece, a mold can be made in several pieces to allow for a more excellent wax pour and ease of assembly.
Wax Pour
Wax Chase
Now that we have a detailed wax copy of the original sculpture, our trained wax chasers now clean up the wax.
Using many of the same tools that the artist uses to sculpt the original, our wax chasers clean up air bubbles, seams (from connecting areas of the mold), and any imperfections so as to match the texture and essence of the artist's original sculpture.
Slurry/Shell
Bronze Casting
Metal Prep: Chip, Sandblast, & De-sprue
The sprue gates that were attached in wax (now converted to bronze) are cut off so that the metal chasing can begin!
It is more common that a sculpture is cast in several parts, so our metal chasers will prep and weld the pieces together before beginning the metal chasing.
