Bronze sculpture logo of Patricia Crane at work.

Bronze Sculpture - Horse Art in bronze, sculpture by Patricia Crane

   
Bronze Sculpture by Patricia Crane.
 
      The art of equine sculptor Patricia Crane, features life size bronze sculpture for museums.
 
 
   
Art for the Ages
Bronze...for a lifetime and beyond
 

 Bronze Sculpture Photos  Displayed Below.

Timeless and true, bronze sculpture has been the
medium of choice for many masterworks throughout the ages. This most enduring of metals is the greatest test
of the sculptor's skill, utterly demanding of the artist's time, talent and dedication.

The oldest method known for casting is cire perdue
(Lost wax) process, in which the mold is formed over a
wax model. The wax is then melted out ( or lost ) to l
eave the hollow space in which to pour molten bronze. Variations of this process were practiced in Mesopotamia, Egypt and China many centuries before the Christian era.

Elegant yet anatomically precise, Patricia's museum
quality bronze sculpture unforgettably captures the strength and very spirit of the horse in molten metal.

Museum quality means the completed sculpture is very
high in over all quality. The thickness of the walls of the bronze at any point should be no more than one fourth
of an inch thick. Solid or heavy castings are no longer necessary or desired. There should be NO tool marks on the surface as this detracts from the texture or lack of texture of the sculptor's original and denotes a lack of casting finesse. The patina ( or final coloring) should be achieved with the painstaking, time-consuming layering
of actual chemicals that etch into the surface of the bronze sculpture and provide a depth of color over transparent color - a patination that is achievable no
other way.

here are many stages in the creation of any bronze and each stage requires great knowledge, skill, and a very great deal of time for the result to be considered
museum quality. such quality absolutely requires that a sculptor not only sculpts a competent original but
oversees every detail in every stage during the long process, from lst mold to completed sculpture, and
works with exacting and very talented artisans, in a
fine arts foundry that pours the right bronze alloy at
the right temperatures.

The following pages present a representative sampling
of Patricia's bronze sculpture: many are available for purchase. (Contact the artist and refer to each piece
by name.)

Patricia Crane's bronzes are produced using the classic "lost wax" method, a process virtually unchanged for hundreds of years and is of the very highest quality.

FEATURED BRONZE SCULPTURE:

"MUSTANG BRONZE" -
Mustang Horse Art - Cowboy Sculpture

"COOLING DOWN: THOROUGHBRED BRONZE"-
Sporting Art: Throughbred Bronze Horse Sculpture

"THOROUGHBRED HANDICAP HORSE"-
Thorougbred Art: Horse Racing Art

"THE PHOENIX BRONZE"-
Bronze American Saddlebred Sculpture

"PHOENIX FOR KY HORSE PARK"-
Life Size Bronze Horse Sculpture

"AFTER THE CLASS"-
American Saddlebred Bronze

"CRITERON BRONZE"-
American Saddlebred Horse Art

"CALEDVWLCH: WHISPERING HORSE" -
Bronze Horse Sculpture

"SUPREME SULTAN FOR ASB MUSEUM"-
Life size Horse Sculpture

"TRIUMPH : FINE HARNESS BRONZE" -
Fine Harness Horse

"WALK TROT BRONZE HEAD STUDY"-
Three Gaited Saddlebred Bronze Sculpture

"THE GATHERING: COMPOSITIONAL SCULPTURE" Horse Sculptures

"THE FILLY"-
Filly Bronze Sculpture: Horse Decor

"ODYSSEY: Head Study"- Bronze Sculpture

"RISIN TIDE: HACKNEY"-
Hackney Pony Bronze Sculpture: Horse Decor

"MAN ON THE TOWN: HACKNEY"-
Hackney Ponies Horse Decor Bronze Sculpture

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(Click on each thumbnail picture for information on each sculpture.)

Bronze Sculpture: The Phoenix
Bronze Horse American Saddlebred Sculpture

 1/5 scale bronze  portrait
sculpture of  "The Phoenix",
a multi-titled Champion.
Bronze Sculpture: Caledvwlch - the Listening Horse
Bronze Horse Sculpture

Bronze titled "Caledvwlch", an expressive head study sculpture, beloved by
horsemen.
Bronze Sculpture: titled After Class -- saddle off, ready to be cooled out.
Horse Sculpture American Saddlebred

"After the Class" bronze --, a sculpture of a show horse in 
 cross-ties following a class.
Saddle off; cooler going on.
Bronze Sculpture: Spooked - a mustang in motion.
Mustang Horse Art: Cowboy Sculpture
"Spooked" -- bronze of
a  mustang  shying from  flushed quail. A sculpture with explosive energy.

Because each bronze is individually hand cast and personally supervised by the artist, please allow 8 - 12 weeks delivery for your Patricia Crane bronze.

Bronze Sculpture: The Gathering - grouping of horses 4 feet across.
Horse Sculptures

"The Gathering", a compositional bronze of a stallion and two broodmares, but each sculpture may be purchased separately and looks great standing alone..
Bronze Sculpture: Thoroughbred, Cooling Down - a Blood Horse after a workout.
Sporting Art: Thoroughbred

"Cooling Down", a classic sculpture portraying a bronze Thoroughbred just after a race, when blood horse characteristics are so evident.
Bronze Sculpture: Thoroughbred handicap Horse - a tribute to greatness.
Thoroughbred Art: Horse Racing Art:

Sculpture  of a  "Handicap Horse", a bronze  in memory of Kelso and Forego.
Bronze Sculpture: fine harness horse, Triumph - wearing the tri-color ribbon.
Fine Harness Horse

"Triumph" , a 1/5 scale bronze, a sculpture of a fine harness horse winning the championship ribbon.
Bronze Sculpture: Hackney, Man on the Town - the presence of a World Champion in motion.
Hackney Ponies: Horse Decor

"Man on the Town", a  bronze 1/5 scale sculpture of the Hackney pony .
Bronze Sculpture: Hackney pony, Risin' Tide, winner of ribbons and hearts.
Hackney Pony: Horse Decor

Bronze -- "Risin' Tide"
 sculpture of a winning
Cob-Tail Hackney Pony.
Bronze Sculpture:Criterion displaying a full racking gait.
American Saddlebred

Horse Art
Bronze  -- "Criterion" , a sculpture depicting a  full Racking Gait..
Bronze Sculpture Filly - depicts the essence!
Filly Bronze Sculpture:

 Horse Decor
A bronze  titled "The Filly"!. A sculpture correct in every detail.
Bronze Sculpture: Odyssey - grace with power.
Bronze Sculpture

Bronze  head study, 
a 1/5 scale sculpture on a walnut base,  titled  "Odyssey"
Bronze Sculpture: Accolade - shows utter refinement of a 3 Gaited star.
Three Gaited Saddlebred

A most elegant bronze, a sculpture titled "Accolade".

Visit the Life size bronze horse sculpture created for The International Museum of the Horse for a step by step explanation, in words and images, of the fascinating process of how such sculpture is created.

You may also wish to visit the Saddlebred section of this site for lots of breed history and jewelry, gifts and sculpture in other mediums.
 
   
© All Photos and Sculpture Copyright 2000, Patricia Crane.