Making Talos Awakes: Finishing & patination
Making Talos Awakes - Part 20 of 20 TIG welding Talos Although tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding is a relatively difficult welding method, when performed by a skilled operator it…
Making Talos Awakes: Casting & fettling
Making Talos Awakes - Part 19 of 20 Ceramic shell investment Now that the wax tree is assembled, it is ready for coating in the ceramic shell. The tree is…
Making Talos Awakes: Moulding & waxes
Making Talos Awakes - Part 18 of 20 Mould making We decided to make jacket moulds - a similar technique to Ray’s - for moulding the two halves of the…
Making Talos Awakes: Moulds, maquette, sword & plinth
Making Talos Awakes - Part 10 of 20 As soon as I had collected the restored Talos master from Ben we began preparing a mould. We based the design for…
Making Talos Awakes: Beginning & end
Making Talos Awakes - Part 2 of 20 The image below shows two bronze sculptures. Numbers one and nine of our limited editions of Talos - Frozen in Time (set…
Making Talos Awakes: Mastering a Titan
Making Talos Awakes - Part 1 of 20 In March 2014 we began work on what is undoubtedly the most fascinating and involved sculpture project that we have ever undertaken.…