Map Musch - LARGE LYING FOAL BRONZE

Map Grothausen-Musch, sculptress Born in Amsterdam 1914-2000

Map Musch was trained in Epsom, England at the School of Art and with sculptor Johan Limpers.
She exhibited in Amsterdam at Ina Broers and at Sphinx and for the chapel of the
In St. Luke's Hospital she made a tabernacle.
In the municipality of Duiven there is a 3-piece outdoor plastic with a horse-dog-child figure of her.
Her work, consisting of child figures, horses, golfers and dancers, is naturalistic and shows a very sensitive expression of controlled mobility.
In sculpture material, bronze, the images obtain an extra relief.
In principle her work is not for sale, but casts can be made upon request in consultation with her son.
BRONZE;
An alloy of copper with other metals (especially tin) used since ancient times.
When casting bronze, the artist usually uses the lost wax technique, which is more than 5,000 years old. It is the best, but also the most complex method of producing images.
First the artist forms a model of his sculpture.
It is embedded in a liquid silicone rubber compound.
Once the material has solidified, the model is cut out.
The liquid wax is poured into the negative mold.
After cooling, the wax casting is removed from the mold, fitted with frames and immersed in ceramic mass.
The ceramic mass is hardened in an oven, and the wax flows out (lost mold).
Now we finally have the negative mold, into which the 1400 degrees Celsius hot molten bronze is poured.
After the bronze has cooled, the ceramic shell is broken off and the statue comes to light.
Now the sleeves are removed, the surfaces polished, patinated and numbered by the artist himself or, according to his specifications, by a specialist.
This way, each casting becomes an original work.
For lower quality bronze castings, the sand casting method is often used, but it does not achieve the results of the more complex lost wax technique in terms of surface properties and quality.