Finished Sculpting Holy Family

The biggest focus for me this year has been sculpting an enlargement of my Holy Family sculpture for St. Thomas More Church in Paducha, Kentucky. This has been a challenging and rewarding process!

Last week, I completed the sculpting phase and it was time to send the sculpture to the foundry for casting.  

Nick Nobe, the mold maker (a sculptor himself), came to my studio to cut the sculpture into parts. It is not possible to create one mold of a sculpture this size, so Nick had to identify the best places to separate the figures for the molding process.

The next day I went to the foundry to touch-up any bumps that took place during the journey, and to give the sculptures my final approval before being cast.

I’ll return to the foundry again to oversee the casting in its various stages.