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Production molds for sale
I will have a number of rubber and plaster production molds available for sale, large molds will cost $500 each, for the most part they cost me around $300 in materials and more than half a day time to make. These are the molds used to make many duplicate casts in cast stone or concrete. Preferably a similar sculpture outfit can make use of these so I can get them out of my basement. Most of the larger molds weigh in the neighborhood of 100 pounds. I will generate a list and maybe photos soon. These are not likely going to be shipped as they would have to be…
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NY City firealarm boxes
Mine dates to 1929, and the NYC system was unique, it was custom made, every other city used boxes produced by Gamewell, Horni Signal and others, the NYC system was the most artistically attractive produced, with classical Victorian styled lines, topped by a torch, proportioned beautifully. These 900 pound cast iron posts were put in place by Victor Fine during a major overhaul and updating of the old system and central offices.
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Molds and original (C) designs possibly for sale
If a similar sculpture outfit has any interest in the designs and molds shown on this site, many of them will likely be available for outright sale, contact me about this.
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Kiln fired terracotta discontinued
Kiln fired terracotta is no longer available, as the kiln sat unused for over a year and a half and absolutely no one expressed any serious interest in this high quality authentic material, I decided to put the kiln up for sale last week, and get it moved out of here as soon as the buyer can do so. I do have a few pieces already fired, but due to a catastrophic fire at my workplace June 14th that destroyed all four buildings and contents while leaving me with 2nd degree burns along with skin graft surgery on my arms trying to put the fire out, I no longer have…
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Costs for shipping gone through the roof
I suppose it was inevitable, but as of today, the cost for the lowest priced 1/2″ CDX plywood which I use to build my shipping crates with has soared from an average of $12-$20 a sheet to $96 a sheet at Menards ($85 with a mail-in “rebate”) that now makes shipping any further sculptures that need crates- unviable, I can’t bite the $40 cost for plywood, $8 cost for styrofoam packing materials, and another approximately $75 for FedEx ground shipping for a sculpture priced in a way that includes shipping, not even the $20 shipping flat rate fee I added comes close to covering the actual costs for even small…
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Winged griffin or lion after Hecla Iron Works’ 1870s brownstone newel post
I cast a 2nd winged griffin, so I have a pair, needing to clean this one up, attach the wings prime and paint it. I’ll be making a mold of the base “rock” to-morrow. I have enough resin to cast one more. The first pair will be going on my front step, the 3rd cast will be in inventory for sale, these will be sold with an acid stained concrete base they attach to which will help keep them standing in the garden or indoors with a nice heavy base. Prices include shipping and the base, the wings will be attached with bolts like the original 1870s iron ones were,…
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Winged griffin after Hecla iron works
I am pleased with how this turned out, they need a base of some kind and I havent been able to find just the right one, but that rock in the photo is just about right, so I may very well make a mold of it and cast it in acid stained concrete so these can be mounted to them and be securely standing upright. Cut stone is very expensive, about $150 each plus shipping, the landscaping blocks you see out there are all concrete and the wrong size and so forth, so it leaves making them myself. I will probably have these winged griffins with a base for $375…
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Winged griffin after Hecla iron works
The first black resin cast of the winged dragon is out of the mold, looks very good! after the seam lines get sanded down and it gets surface cleaning to remove any oily release agent, it can be primed with black primer and painted gloss black, but that will be after the wings are made and attached with stainless steel machine screws first. It took exactly 8 quarts.
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Winged dragon after Hecla iron works, about to cast.
With the mold now ready to use, I ordered the black resin, 4 gallons worth, if I’m lucky I might get 2 complete casts out of that, or I could be a quart or two short, either way it will be close. I don’t expect the resin to get here this week, most likely next Monday/Tuesday. More photos etc then, I will also have a better idea what time and materials it will take for each and I can calculate prices on these as well as get photos of a finished cast.