Stylised and Whimsical bronze bird sculptures

Verdigris's proprietor, David Hyde, has long been drawn to the rich palette of colours offered by the diverse family of copper and bronze alloys. These stylised and whimsical bird sculptures are an expression of this fascination.

The birds are cast from pure copper, silicon-bronze, cupronickel, aluminium-bronze and gunmetal ... with a very special mixed metal sculpture in copper/aluminum-bronze. They are made by first modelling the bird in clay then cast using the ancient and time honoured lost wax, or cire perdue, method of hot metal casting. Once cast they are given a deep rich polish to give the birds a wonderfully tactile feel.

Their tails and faces are refined at the wax stage; each bird is completely unique and a limited edition of one. The birds are foundry cast, we don't use the vastly inferior resin, or cold cast, bronze.  Some more pictures and information about the casting process can be seen on this page of David's blog.