Khan Academy: Adriaen De Vries's Bronze Casting: Direct Lost Wax Method

Using Adriaen de Vries's stunning 17th-century sculpture Juggling Man as an example, this article examines the laborious process of creating a bronze sculpture with the direct lost-wax method. This technique, used since antiquity, involves preparing a wax model over a clay and metal core, and ultimately replacing the wax with bronze to create the finished artwork.