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This position is an integral part of our process. Junior Production Technicians are tasked with assisting in the handling, coating, dewax, and preparation of ceramic shells for the lost wax casting process as well as some post-casting tasks such as chip-off, sandblasting, and rough grinding of castings before fine finishing. Candidates should be able to […]

 Leap of Faith by Andrew Benyei  This version of Leap of Faith is a Two-Thirds life-size sculpture, hand enlarged and delivered to California.

Artcast Inc. Wins the Fine-Art Casting Contest category at the ICI 2017 Technical Conference and Equipment Expo. Last week Erich Knoespel attended the Investment Casting Institute’s 64th annual Technical Conference and Equipment Expo in Covington Ky. One element of the conference is a Casting Contest. The Casting Contest awards were designed and cast at Artcast. […]

Garden of Future Follies June 2016 Hadley+Maxwell, Patinated Cast Bronze This piece can be found at the corner of Front St E. and Bayview Avenue in Toronto.   Press Release    

Polonius the T-Rex February 2016 Steve Millard, Patinated Cast Bronze.  

September 2015, Ransom Park, Richmond Hill Blue Republic, Patinated Cast Bronze

As some of you may already know, The art community lost another master sculptor this year. Artcast had worked with Siggy for many years

Cristian Corbet, Patinated Cast Bronze  

November 2014 Adrienne Alison, Patinated Cast Bronze Triumph Through Diversity was unveiled on November 6th 2014. The monument, sculpted by Canadian sculptor Adrienne Alison, sits beside the East Block on Parliament Hill. There are seven above-lifesize figures standing on the stone base facing outwards. The silhouette of this monument is powerful and memorable.   

October 2014 Private ownership, Patinated Cast Bronze What we refer to as “The Goblet” came to us as someone’s family heirloom. It had been with their family for many generations and the original had already been repaired many times. They wanted something more permanent, a bronze duplicate of their seventeenth-century German Goblet. We suspect that […]

October 2014 Artcast, Patinated cast bronze Jeffrey Baldwin stands on a bench filled with messages from donors in a park near the home he once lived in.  In late 2013 Todd Boyce started a crowdfunding campaign to raise 30,000 dollars to build a statue in memory of a boy. The boy was little Jeffrey Baldwin, […]

Wow, we have been having such a great time with Rückblick.  As a Foundry, it is great to receive such warm feedback from so many people. Just as a reminder, the show is still on and will finish on September 5.  Please make sure that you get a chance to check it out.  It is […]

2014 is a big year for Artcast. Not only is the shop full of work but we re-launched our website (it hadn’t been updated since 2002), hosted an open house at the foundry, and currently have an art show at the Canadian Sculpture Centre. This is a year for us to take those who have […]

Paul Fairley The art world lost a beautiful talent when, in 1991 Paul Fairley died in his 43rd year. He took the time and the care required to maintain consistency throughout his sculptures. The finished look of all his “editioned” works received the same attention to detail as his originals. Paul had an in depth […]

To all our Artcast friends, We have been working on a project that we would like to share with you. It all began around the time of the inquest for young Jeffrey Baldwin. He was a five-year-old Toronto boy who on November 30th 2002 died of pneumonia, septic shock, mistreatment, and starvation at the hands […]

Stefan Andrejicka, Patinated Bronze, 25.5″ x 17″ x 17″

Working Together & Helping One Another Well we’ve been waiting a while to share this project with you, “you” being maybe the one or two readers we actually have. On Monday June 16th I had the opportunity to attend the unveiling and naming ceremony for what we called “The huronia lookout project” or “The big […]

Last week a 4-foot replica of the Juno Beach Centre’s Remembrance and Renewal sculpture was unveiled at Appleby College in Oakville ON. Check out this article for more info on the project: CLICK HERE

  If you’ve dealt with us before, you’ve probably seen the Artcast Man. He has been the quiet face of Artcast since his conception in the mid ’70s. The Man was originally sketched and refined by Artcast’s first production manager, Brian Ritchie. Brian and Eric had been working on creating a visual representation of the […]

  The shell being cast above is one of many sections to a 16-foot-long birch bark canoe. This section in particular had a cast-weight of around four hundred pounds. Under normal conditions we can usually accommodate around 285 pounds per pour. Having such a large shell to pour into presented multiple challenges. The shell didn’t […]

Artist: Ruth AbernethyLocation: NAC, Ottawa ONDescription: Lost Wax Above Lifesize figure on piano bench beside Lostwax Sculpted section of grand piano.Completion Year: 2012

Artist: Ruth AbernethyLocation: York University, Keele CampusDescription: 8-feet tall. Commissioned to replace the missing papier-mâché replica of the original Goddess of Democracy from the 1989 Tiananmen square student protests.

Artist: Marlene Hilton MooreLocation: McMurtry Gardens of JusticeDescription: Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Religion was unveiled in 2012.

Artist: Marlene Hilton MooreLocation: Wilfred Laurier University. Waterloo Ontario (in front of the John Aird building)Description: Unveiled in 2011 to celebrate Laurier’s 100th anniversary.

Artist: Gino CavicchioliLocation: JCC Cancer Hospital. Hamilton, OntarioDescription: Unveiled in 2008. 9′ tall 6.5′ wide

Artist: Colin GibsonLocation: Juno Beach Centre. Normandy, FranceDescription:  “The Juno Beach Centre Association commissioned the memorial sculpture “Remembrance and Renewal”, which is featured in the Centre’s courtyard, from artist Colin Gibson, who lives and works near Flesherton, Ontario. The sculpture features five military figures that wrap into a circular formation look outward, into the distance. The […]

Artist: Leo MolLocation: Parliament Hill, Ottawa OntarioDescription: Above Life size bronze figure

Location: Toronto, ONDescription: Direct Cast, Lost Pattern Bronze casting. Tietleist bag and clubsCompletion Year: 2013  

Artist: George BoileauLocation: Saskatoon, SKDescription: Lost Wax Bronze figure with DogCompletion Year: 2014

Dancing Bear

Artist: Adrienne AlisonLocation: In the quadrangle of Trinity College, University of Toronto.Description: Unveiled on September 7th 2004. The larger-than-life bronze bust weighs in at roughly 275lbs and is around 40″ tall.

Artist: Stewart Smith, Jean Abernethy, and Ruth AbernethyLocation: Big Ben Park, Perth ONDescription: Lifesize Big Ben and Ian miller mid jump.Completion Year: 2005 Notes: This project took 3 artists Stewart smith, Jean Abernethy (equestrian artist), and Ruth abernethy (Experienced monumental sculptor)

Artist: Del NewbiggingLocation: Church & Wellesley Village, Church & Alexander. Toronto OntarioDescription: Above Lifesize 96″ tall on large granite base. 2 sculptural reliefs, 2 text plaques, and a combinationCompletion Year: 2005 Notes: The Alexander Wood monument was sculpted entirely based on the silhouette seen on the “Silhouette” plaque.

Artist: Ruth AbernethyLocation: Kensington Market, Toronto ONDescription: Lifesize Bronze Figure 71″ tall. Two bronze benches with significant signatures. Lost Wax Cast.Completion Year: 2002