Materials
Hydrocal
A construction grade plaster which can be poured into a rubber mold; indoor display only; perfectly respectable for museum and gallery work.
Winterstone
A cementatious product that can be poured like plaster or dry packed in a rubber mold; can be displayed outdoors; can be finished with acid washes for colour or left to let the weather work its magic; looks like stone.
Bronze
A soft metal regarded as the most worthy of all sculptural materials; unfinished bronze is a light gold on which acids are brushed while the metal is heated with a torch; can be placed outdoors or in, but to eliminate the “verdigris” or blue-green bloom which occurs with weathering, must be waxed.
RESIN
A modern plastic which belongs to the same family as melamine, polyurethane, and PVC (polyvinyl chloride); can be finished with encaustic to look like bronze; lightweight, unbreakable.