RESTORATION OF THE TRITONS’ FOUNTAIN: The dismantling of the sculptures starts
The dismantling of the sculptures starts to be transported to FAFM in Barberino Val d’Elsa, Florence. See the Work
CHRYSANTHEMUM BY ANA TZAREV
Another work by the artist Ana Tzarev, “Chrysanthemum” which will be cast in bronze by the Foundry. Beside some photos of the arrival of the models. See Artist Biography
BIRD OF PARADISE BY ANA TZAREV
The work “Bird of Paradise” by the internationally acclaimed Croatian artist Ana Tzarev which will be cast in bronze in the Foundry. See the biography
L’opera dei vetrai
Inaugurated in Piegaro the bronze statue “L’opera dei vetrai”, by the Master Piero Bertelli and donated to the Umbrian City by Giovanni Bartolozzi, founder and owner of an important Montelupo Fiorentino’s glassware Company, “Vetreria Etrusca”. A tribute to the village, to its workers and to a job that has permeated the economic fabric of the territory. The…
“Table” by Dashi Namdakov
The Foundry has recently completed the realization of two copies of “Table”, a Work of Art by the Russian sculptor Dashi Namdakov. Biography of Dashi Namdakov
Aroldo Bellini Sculptor
An exhibition organized and set up in the museum spaces of the Academy of Fine Arts in Perugia. Among the works of art displayed also some splendid castings from the original model of the Ferdinando Marinelli Artistic Foundry. Biography of the Artist
A Day in the Foundry – The Patina
Patina Application Bronze can take up differing colours depending on the reagents that are applied. Patination is a process that accelerates the oxidation that would normally occur to the bronze through weathering. Lost-wax – The technique
A Day in the Foundry – Interment of the moulds
The interment of the moulds. After heating, the moulds are covered with pressed wet earth. This prevents the deformation or cracking of the loto moulds during the casting of the bronze, whose specific weight is approximately 9 times higher than water. Lost Wax – Technique
From the Riace bronzes to the present day
See also “THE PATH OF ART – THE STORY THAT UNITES ANTONIO BERTI AND THE MARINELLI FOUNDRY” The story of the casting of works of art told by Ferdinando Marinelli. The “Vincenzo Meucci” room of the municipal library “Ernesto Ragionieri” in Sesto Fiorentino was filled with students of the artistic high school for the conference…