The Life of St. Paul for St. Paul's Church in Pensacola Florida

First bronze pour of St. Paul's doors - panels 1/8 and 2/8

Viking Fire Foundry in Seattle, Washington

testing the molten bronze

ceramic shell mold coming out of the furnace ready to be filled with bronze

molten bronze being poured into the cup of the mold

crucible back into the furnace to prep for pouring the second panel

first panel resting in a sand bed

bronze cooling in the mold

team ready to go on the second panel

cleaning out the hot crucible

extra bronze being poured back into billets for the next use

hammering the shell off the back of the now solid bronze panel

revealing the front side...

missing corner will have to be repaired later

first look at the face

brushing away the shell bits - lots of work yet to be done to clean the surface but it's a beautiful pour

revealing the second panel - a near perfect pour

Next the bronzes will be cleaned of remaining shell. The channels, pins and sprues will be ground off, and imperfections welded. Mounting bolts will be brazed on and tapped. Warping will hammered out and the surface sandblasted to a pristine finish. When all 8 panels are finished they will be patinaed.  

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