Welcome to my studio! **PLEASE NOTE SHIPPING POLICIES AND HOLIDAY TIME FRAMES! Please browse my items and feel free to contact me with your questions. Unique cast-bronze and cast-aluminum pieces to decorate your home, office, or other special space. I have worked in my foundry for over 30 years and just recently decided to see if Etsy is a good place to show my art. I hope you enjoy looking and spreading the word!
Here is a basic summary of my process:
For nature-inspired decorative objects and animals, Nelles usually sculpts his original images out of soft modeling wax. For pieces that require a high degree of precision and hard lined surfaces - such as the toys - he uses a variety of materials including plastic, hard styling clays, metal or wood to create his original model. Once satisfied with the form, Scott then makes a series of molds of the original piece until a permanent pattern, called a match plate, is then used to make multiple sand molds into which molten bronze is poured at 2150°. Once cool, the rough casting is separated from the sand and then cut, ground, sandblasted, tumbled and polished to a rich, patinaed finish.
Traverse City, Michigan,
