Venison, 2019
Cast Iron and Forged Steel
22”x22”x14”

This piece was made using the lost wax casting method at the annual Bliss studio and gallery iron pour in Monument, Colorado in 2019. The antlers started as a straight billets of rebar forged at one end. A mold was then made of the skull with the billets sticking out of the wax and the rebar was cast into the cast iron. After the metal cooled, the rebar was bent to shape and welded to give a more realistic texture. The “leather” panels on the front are patina’d cast iron with concrete nails stuck into the wax positive before molding. The mounting plate was fabricated out of steel. This piece won “3D Best in Show” at the 57th Annual Young People Art Exhibition as well as a Gold Metal in sculpture at the “2019 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards”