AIR FORCE ACADEMY CADET CHAPEL |
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Limited Edition Bronze Sculpture |
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Created by Edward Colarik, Master Sculptor. |
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Only 265 of these bronze art pieces will ever be created. |
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An Edition of 250 Numbered & Signed Bronzes; Special Edition of 10 Bronzes With Stained Glass Windows & 5 Artist Proofs. |
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Your Name And The Year You Graduated From The Air Force Academy Shall Be Engraved On a Placard. |
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Endorsed by Brig.General Steve Ritchie, USAF, Ret.
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This will show you how your AFACC bronze sculpture was created. Very few people know how much work and skill goes into making a fine art bronze sculpture |
Edward Colarik finishing the Master Sculpture |
The Master - Front Side View |
The Master - Second Front Side View |
The Master - Front View |
The Master is prepared for the rubber molds |
First, the rubber is poured over the Master Chapel |
The rubber is poured over the Master BASE |
After the rubber drys then additional coats are placed over the Master |
Additional coats are placed over the Master |
The rubber mold thickness is built up |
More rubber is placed on the mold |
Wooden blocks help to keep the mold in place |
The mold has dried and the blocks are removed |
The mold is cut open |
The Master is being removed |
The Master is completely removed from the mold |
The mold is finished and ready for the waxes |
Wax is placed into the crevices of the mold |
Mold is filled carefully to produce quality details |
Crevices are first filled to achieve the details required for a quality bronze |
The mold is closed and hot wax is poured into it |
The wax is then poured out of the mold, This is process is repeated, building up layers of waxes. |
Starting the pouring of base mold |
The mold is closed and hot wax is poured into it |
The wax hardens and the mold is undone |
The mold is removed from the wooden sides |
The mold is opened |
The AFACC wax is removed |
The AFACC wax is reworked |
Red gates are added for reinforcement |
Gates are applied to the wax base |
AFACC Wax Base is prepared for dipping |
The AFACC Wax for the stairs |
The Wax is now dipped into glue |
The Wax is completely covered by glue |
The Wax Base Is removed from the glue |
The Base Is now covered with sand |
The Chapel is now dipped in glue |
The Chapel is completely covered in glue |
The Chapel is removed |
The Wax Chapel is ready to be covered in sand |
The Wax Chapel is covered in sand |
More sand is applied |
The glue and sand harden. This process is repeated over several days until the pieces become large rocks strong enough to hold 2,000 degree bronze. These pieces are known as Investment Molds. |
The oven that melts the wax |
The molds are placed in the oven |
The wax is melted and flows out of the molds. The Lost Wax Process |
Blast Furnace melts the metals to 2,000 degrees |
The molds are set for pouring |
2,000 degree bronze is poured into the molds |
The molten bronze cools and hardens |
The bronze has hardened and then the outer shell is smashed leaving the Bronze Chapel |
The Bronze Chapel after the shell is broken off |
The bronze has hardened and then the outer shell is smashed leaving the Bronze Base |
The Bronze Base |
The Bronze Chapel placed in a sand blaster |
Sand blasting of the Base and Chapel |
The remaining shell is sand blasted off |
The Chapel is finished being sand blasted |
The bronze gates are cut off |
Bronze gates removed |
The remaining gates are cut off |
The Bronze Chapel is ready for grinding & polishing |
The Bronze Stairs |
The Bronze Stair gates are cut off |
The bottom of the Chapel is ground down |
The bottom of the Base is ground down |
The Chapel is polished off |
More polishing |
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The AFACC is ready for welding |
Welding step 1 |
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The Chapel is welded to the base |
Stairs are then welded to the Chapel |
A blow torch is used to open the pores of the metal |
Chemicals then are added and heated |
AFACC Chapel is buffed out |
Sections of the Chapel are polished out to a high gloss |
The Artist sprays a sealer on the AFACC |
A marble base is drilled so the AFACC can be mounted |
The AFACC is attached to the marble base |
The finishing of the AFACC bronze sculpture |
A Memorial Treasure representing one of the most significant |
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periods of your life, never to be forgotten |
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Endorsed by Brig.General Steve Ritchie, Ret. Edward Colarik's Email: edward@airforcechapel.com |
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5325 Bent Tree Forest DR. Suite 2219 Dallas, TX 75248 |
Phone: 323-899-2877 |