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Bill and Rebecca Hunt have produced over 70 limited edition bronzes and numerous one of a kind pieces in fabricated metal sculpture and stained glass. Wildlife and paleo-wildlife subjects include birds of prey, wading birds, marine mammals, sea birds, turtles, waterfowl, fish and dinosaurs. Some figurative work as well as art nouveau reproductions and special automotive and avaiation sculpture are also included in Bill and Rebecca's portfolio.

Traditional bronzes are cast by the lost wax method, from their original metal, clay and wax sculptures. The creation of an original bronze sometimes begins with a fabricated metal sculpture. Overall design; position, attitude, and proportions are outlined in metal, which serves as a rigid armature. Layers of clay and wax, depending upon the desired level of detail, are built up over the metal sculpture. Then elaborate and accurate feather and scale patterns and other fine detail are sculpted and carved in the clay and wax. Finally, the original sculpture is signed, dated and edition size set.

A flexible silicon rubber mold with a rigid fiberglass jacket is taken off the original sculpture. This "Master Mold" is used to cast the wax duplicates for the lost wax casting process. It takes one wax pattern to produce one bronze casting. So, although there is a mold involved, each wax is detailed, each bronze is cast and finished by hand one at a time.

Bill and Rebecca are involved in all aspects, from detailing waxes to chasing, finishing and patina work. As a working team of artists, Rebecca does most of the wax work in preparation for the foundry. The ceramic shell investment and metal pours are done at the Monterey Sculpture Center in Marina, CA. Bill has developed his own hot chemical patina techniques and uses a variety of natural, multi-colored patinas on most of his pieces; rich iron reds, browns and golds, copper blues and greens, silver grays and titanium whites. Some colors, such as the slate blue color of the Great Blue Heron, are impossible to achieve with chemicals, and a light acrylic wash is applied over the base patina. Patinas are sealed with a coat of paste wax while the bronze is still hot from the patina process, or a coat of clear acrylic after the bronze is cool. Most bronzes are mounted on green or white marble or on orchard hardwood bases.

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