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Fluidized sand casting bed vr 2.0! Now with removable welding table top for easier access to molds durring bronze pouring! #foundry #fluidizedbed #sand #bronze #progressnotperfection #happyplace http://mission-foundry.com/ https://www.instagram.com/p/B7BvVlfFDPX/?igshid=iu2ciob20qe0

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Sending out some of the good stuff!😊 #sculpture #ledlights #copper #love https://www.instagram.com/p/B6bYzIHF4Pd/?igshid=1y1pgzitwdfit

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First use of new casting bed! This design is built into a job box with a welding table on top making an economic use of precious shop space. It can fluidize 1000lbs of sand using compressed air saving time and labor! #foundry #science #engineering #steel #lostwaxcasting #saftyfirst #fluidizedbed https://www.instagram.com/p/B6Wh5pUlWQ9/?igshid=1cnyxb2qu7snd

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Sort of an Easter Island vibe here at Mission Foundry today.☺ Work by John Savage. #sculpture #wax #moldmaking #foundry #lostwaxcasting #easterisland https://www.instagram.com/p/B6BQvxrl-6u/?igshid=1lx1qf6exuy7l

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Sometimes a sculpture just needs a lot of venting... and becomes a sculpture unto itself! #sculpture #lostfoamcasting #wax #pipedream #foundry #bronze https://www.instagram.com/p/B5_E7rNl9gO/?igshid=1qi6sg7cvgx5r

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Hilarious conclusion to a collaboration between Mission Foundry and Buccacio Sculpture Services from a few years ago.😂 #sculpture #bronze #monkey #dolphin #fable #collaboration https://www.instagram.com/p/B5nJ56wlGcm/?igshid=iwqhq9a6ywyv

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Here are the welded and finished castings, made for SITU fabrication, from 3D prints. With consultation help from Mission Foundry they excicuted a marvelous patina! #sculpture #furnature #furnitureart #colaboration #3dprinting #welding #fabrication #patina https://www.instagram.com/p/B5YJgZAFC3N/?igshid=1vhzsl05fif7a

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Goodmorning new twin burner #80 furnace!😃 Finished converting this natural gas fired metal furnace to run on propane. With it Mission Foundry now has the capability to cast 220lbs of bronze in one melt! #sculpture #engineering #metalcasting #foundry #upgrade https://www.instagram.com/p/B5TGzynFf9A/?igshid=1ts8f8564weq2

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Divinely sculpted bag and lipstick rendered in painted wood by Julia Dwinnell, a student in the Spacial Dynamics class I am teaching at Wheaton college. Durring the critique she spoke of the largely masculine world of woodworking and power tools as informing her decision to make a fashionable bag in that material. Bravo! #sculpture #painted #wood #fashion #feministsculpture #feminist https://www.instagram.com/p/B5RMTU5FZ4i/?igshid=kqj71ri6v2b3

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Manually machined aluminum domes welded to the bottom of a stock pot. Client has me prototype this to see if they would cause water to boil faster. #prototype #boil #water #hack #machining #aluminum #welding https://www.instagram.com/p/B5HEoq6Fkkl/?igshid=2cj9hgdjimxt

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Such a joy to watch a student really singing with a material and process! #art #sculpture #carving #plaster #wheatoncollege https://www.instagram.com/p/B4evPynl4-M/?igshid=mhwpmzehpfxj

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This is an example of bronze powder impregnated acrylic applied over white metal here at Mission Foundry. The coating is so tough the bronze in it can be burnished with fine steel wool and waxed. #sculpture #bronzepowder #spray #hardtotellthedifference https://www.instagram.com/p/B4TYW9GlxFH/?igshid=1fz7mnmylfs4z

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These beautiful bronze castings were made for SITU fabrication in NYC. We utilized 3D printing to make the original patterns which were dirrectly melted out of ceramic shell molds here at Mission Foundry. It is easy to see 3D printing in PLA plastic supplanting traditional mold making compleatly in the near future. Do you have a 3D print you would like made into metal? Give a holler 617 938 7733 zach@mission-foundry.com #3dprinting #lostpla #ceramicshellcasting #bronze https://www.instagram.com/p/B3F63gdlx4i/?igshid=2u84qa5lck01

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Action shot from the slurry room. The patterns are a hybrid of 3D printed PLA and wax. It is such an interesting time to be involved in art foundry processes. Here on the cusp of lost wax casting being compleatly supplanted by lost PLA. #sculpture #science #3dprinting #wax #lostpla #foundry #art #bronze https://www.instagram.com/p/B2rRIZzFNDb/?igshid=1ml8xnp14i16g

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With Halloween coming up it seems all to approperate to be casting a shrunken head. Work by Richard Fishman. #creepy #bronze #sculpture #shrunkenhead #art #fineart https://www.instagram.com/p/B2aj34PFwuu/?igshid=t4u4c2o71vp1

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This is the official image of my bronze "lamp post" tables available on 1stdibs thru BG Galleries. #design #bronze #polished #table #lamppost https://www.instagram.com/p/B1SK1Gxl__P/?igshid=qzmbtxieto2j

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This Italian mid-century modern handle was machined dirrectly from a cast billet of silicon bronze similar to the one on the right. Not a bad 7 hours at work! #bronze #casting #lathe #machining #sanding #polishing #midcenturymodern #italiandesign https://www.instagram.com/p/B1JXKDnlx93/?igshid=1m7154imfx25n