ANDRÉ PUBLIC SCULPTURES
Ceramic Shell - 9m Mandela Sculpture - Union Buildings - Pretoria - 2013
The panels in wax were prepared so that it could be suspended in a drying chamber. They went through the ceramic shell dipping process (about 14 layers depending on size and shape) including reinforcing of the panels with thin stainless steel wire. This was done to withstand the tremendous pressure in a panel when the hot bronze is poured. And again, their was no margin for error due the the time constraint.
The ceramic shell moulds were then sent to be de-waxed prior to the bronze pouring.
9m Mandela Sculpture, Union Buildings, Pretoria, 2013
9m Mandela Sculpture, Union Buildings, Pretoria, 2013
9m Mandela Sculpture, Union Buildings, Pretoria, 2013
9m Mandela Sculpture, Union Buildings, Pretoria, 2013
9m Mandela Sculpture, Union Buildings, Pretoria, 2013
9m Mandela Sculpture, Union Buildings, Pretoria, 2013
9m Mandela Sculpture, Union Buildings, Pretoria, 2013
9m Mandela Sculpture, Union Buildings, Pretoria, 2013
9m Mandela Sculpture, Union Buildings, Pretoria, 2013
GLOSSARY
Planning & Design
Marquette
2.2m Scale model
3D Scan
CNC
Assembly
Moulding
Wax Casting
Ceramic Shell
Bronze Casting
Bronze Assembly
Patina
Transport
Installation
Unveilling
The Client
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Department of Arts and Culture -
Minister Paul Mashatile
Tel: +2712 441 3691
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Koketso Growth -
Dali Tambo
CEO – National Heritage Project & Koketso Growth
Sony Music Building, 45 Jan Smuts Ave, cnr The Valley Road, Westcliff, Johannesburg
Tel: +27 (0) 11 646 5595 / 3642 / 8385
Mobile: +27 (0) 82 561 0084
dali@nhpc.co.za / dtambo@koketso.co.za