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Clark Mills -- Bronze Sculpture -- Andrew Jackson

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Bronze Sculpture

 

Clark Mills (1810-83) was an American sculptor born in Onondaga County, New York. He is known for the equestrian statues of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square and of George Washington in Washington Circle, both in Washington, D.C.

THE SCULPTURE IN WASHINGTON DC

THE SCULPTURE IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

Review the Lost Wax Technique and how it can be used to produce duplicates.

1855
 
Sculptor: Clark Mills (1810-83)
Bronze (bronze-patinated spelter)
14 feet
 
Three identical -- Replica of one in Washington, DC (1853) and later in Nashville, Tennessee (1880).
 
 In 1848, Mills won a commission from the Jackson Monument Committee for a full-scale equestrian figure of Andrew Jackson to be placed in Lafayette Square, opposite the White House. This figure was unveiled in 1853 to great acclaim and made Mills the logical candidate for the proposed New Orleans monument of Jackson. In 1849, Mills had taken up residence in Washington and became the first American sculptor of prominence not to be trained in Rome. He also was the first sculptor of large-scale equestrian sculpture in this country. The success of the Washington monument of Jackson provided a definite edge to Mills’ candidacy for a New Orleans sculpture. However, it is interesting to note that another competitor for the New Orleans project was local sculptor and painter Achille Perelli (1822-1891), a near contemporary of Mills. The Perelli design, although ultimately rejected, was the runner-up to the Mills composition. The monumental New Orleans equestrian figure was so popular that Mills sold design rights to the eminent Philadelphia firm of Cornelius and Baker (in partnership, 1851-1861), which is most often remembered today for its superbly cast lamps, girandoles and chandeliers in bronze, brass and spelter. The casting skills of the firm are evident in this rare bronze-patinated spelter reduction of the Jackson Square monument, which is dated “Patented May 15, 1855”. Few of these reductions have survived.
 
January 8? On this day in 1815, Major General Andrew Jackson led a small, poorly equipped army to victory against 8,000 British troops at the Battle of New Orleans. Jackson became a hero (and later the seventh president of the United States). Every January 8, during the 19th century, many people held parties and dances to celebrate the anniversary of the great victory.
How this works:
 
small amount of tin ore to the copper ore during smelting the resulting metal was harder and thus more useful than either tin or copper alone. They had created the alloy bronze
 
Lost Wax Technique:
 
1. A figure is shaped out of wax
2. The wax figure is completley covered with plaster cast, with the exception of a hole or cavity which will allow the wax to be removed later in the process.
3. The wax covered cast is heated and the wax is poured out.  What remains is a hollow cast -- the interior is a replica of the wax figure.
4. The plaster cast is filled with bronze.
5. The plaster cast is removed.  What remains is a bronze replica of the wax figure/inside of the plaster cast.
 
Hands on:
 
Lesson 1 - Begin creating wax figures.
Lesson 2 - Contiue working on wax figures
Lesson 3 -  "
Lesson 4 - Apply plaster
Lesson 5 - Remove wax
Lesson6 - Remove plater
 
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