TOKYO (Japan News/ANN) — With its muted shine, brass is often strongly associated with practical items such as architectural hardware. However, brass also is used to make sculptures and ornaments, and ...

The foundry on the University of California, Santa Cruz campus has a long tradition of inviting guests to watch their spectacular bronze pour. This year’s pour is especially significant given it is ...

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Beverly Paddleford carved the clay veil of a towering Virgin Mary statue. The sculptor’s small metal loop tool scraped off small clumps of the clay, which she collected in her hand ...

Barbara Hepworth began working in bronze late and reluctantly. The British artist’s loyalty to wood and stone stemmed partly from her informal apprenticeship as a twenty-something in Italy under ...