Bronze sculptor Keith Christie invested two (2) years to produce a book pictorially showing every step in creating a warm cast bronze, from the handling of the wax through the final patina treatment. Descriptive text accompanying photograph after photograph makes this book a more complete learning experience than you could accomplish by visiting the nearest bronze foundry several days in a row.
Where to find this magnificent tool for learning ? Try Amazon Several copies are currently available for purchase. Jumping Cholla: Genesis of a Bronze Sculpture was originally published in 1982, through Northland Press (Flagstaff, AZ), which is no longer in business.
Jumping Cholla is an especially dynamic bronze casting by Christie. Recently a casting was donated to a new museum opening in Scottsdale, Arizona perhaps before the end of 2014–Scottsdale’s Museum of the West.
Corinne Cain of SavvyCollector.com