Every once in a while, you will find yourself looking at bronze statues and art installations in parks, showcase halls, art galleries, and other places. They are majestic and capture the imaginations ...

A team of researchers in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, has decoded the casting technique used by Bronze Age artisans 3,000 years ago to create a complex buffalo-shaped vessel. Their work has helped solve ...

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River tables are something we’ve heard decried as a passé, but we’re still seeing some interesting variations on the technique. Take this example done with bronze instead of epoxy. Starting with two ...

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We’ve seen backyard casting, and for the most part, we know what’s going on. You make a frame out of plywood or two by fours, get some sand, pack it down, and very carefully make a mold around a ...

A gold mask unearthed at the Sanxingdui site, in Guanghan, Sichuan province (PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) Sanxingdui in Guanghan, Sichuan province, discovered in the 1920s, has yielded a wealth of ...