Material Guide
Everything you need to know
Fibreglass
Fibreglass is a strong and weather resistant material which is also incredibly lightweight. This can make it perfect for hanging large sculptures or for garden art. Fibreglass is coloured by professional airbrush techniques which can vary from neutral white/black to any RAL chart colour or pop art colour styles.
Withing the gallery you will see many applications from outdoor art, body castings and artist sculptures.
Electo-plated castings
These stunning castings feel cold to the touch and just like real metal. This is because they are coated with pure metal to give them their dazzling shine and brilliance without loosing any fingerprint or smaller minute detail.
These castings are easy to maintain but do need careful maintenance and are not recommended for pieces that will be heavily touched or handled/caressed.
Available metals: Copper and Nickle
Cold Cast Metals
These castings are stronger than plaster but not as strong as foundry bronze. But they do have the appearance of real metals. These casts are made by layering metal mixed resin over fibreglass or over resin.
Available metals are: Iron, Copper, Aluminium, Brass, Bronze
Because of the genuine metal content, these casts can be aged to look like dark metals, or verdis gris ageing. They can polish to a satin finish, but will not polish for a high gloss shine.
Foundry Bronze
These castings are made from pure bronze and have an incredible weight to them. These are nearly unbreakable pending any thin protruding elements.
Due to their solid metal content they can have a variety of patinas applied which can change the colour of the bronze or it can be polished for a sparkling finish.
Chrome - UV resistant
Our specialist UV resistant chrome can be applied over any fibreglass sculpture. This dazzling effect is achieved by polishing the casting to a very high smooth finish. As a result, this effect is recommended for any castings with a smooth surface and not for skin textured castings that wish to retain the detail.
The chrome can be tinted a variety of different colours from Gun metal grey to hot pink, copper, rose gold, silver chrome, gold, blue and much more
Bases
Our bases, plinths and stands are custom made to be fully adjustable to give a variety of aesthetic appearances to your sculpture or work of art.
Our main materials are Mild Steel which can be patinated to darken for urban greys, polished blacks, mottled brown effects.
We also offer brass and aluminium which can be highly polished or darkened depending on the desired effect required.
We also offer wood and stone base options, however these depend on what is available and can be locally sourced or supplied to compliment the project.
