Inaugurated in Piegaro the bronze statue āLāopera dei vetraiā, by the MasterĀ Piero BertelliĀ and donated to the Umbrian City by Giovanni Bartolozzi, founder and owner of an important Montelupo Fiorentinoās glassware Company, āVetreria Etruscaā. A tribute to the village, to its workers and to a job that has permeated the economic fabric of the territory. The…
The Foundry has recently completed the realization of two copies of āTableā, a Work of Art by the Russian sculptor Dashi Namdakov. Biography of Dashi Namdakov
An exhibition organized and set up in the museum spaces of theĀ 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
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 ā The technique
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 ā Technique
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 āVincenzo Meucciā room of the municipal library āErnesto Ragionieriā in Sesto Fiorentino was filled with students of the artistic high school for the conference…
On December 14, 2015 the press conference “Holy Door in the Vatican, between Florence and Chianti the art secrets that made it” was held. The history, techniques, images, original casts, secrets of the ancient fusion lost wax revealed and told by the protagonists of the Artistic Foundry Ferdinando Marinelli. Below is the press review…
Pope Francis last December 8, 2015 opened the Holy Door of the Vatican Basilica of St. Peter, castĀ in 1949 byĀ Ferdinando Marinelli Artistic Foundry and the Holy Year of Mercy has officially started- Read the article āA tour of the āFonderia Artistica Marinelliā where the Holy Door of St Peterās was castā by Veronica Scarisbrick of…
The Holy Doors of St. Peter’s Basilica, cast by Ferdinando Marinelli’s family foundry in 1950, will be opened on December 8th by Pope Francis to commence the Jubilee year.Ā Ā In anticipation of this event, Vatican Radio sent seasoned reporter, Veronica Scarisbrick, to visit the foundry and report on the ancient craft behind the Holy Doors. The…
The Wild Boar, or better known ‘Porcellino’ is one of the symbols of Florence. It’s said that touching its snout brings good luck, but because of the millions of visitors who daily caress him, some holes have appeared. Thanks to Ferdinando Marinelli Foundry, which cast the sculpture which has replaced the original of Tacca at…
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