About the Item

This piece is a bronze cast skeleton hand holding a dead song bird. This sculpture is cast using the lost wax casting process, utilizing low melt process in resin bond sand mold.

About the item, Vanek says "This piece was inspired by the discovery of a dead song bird on my way into work one day. The bird was lying outside of the foundry where I work/teach and I felt like honoring its efforts. I took a rubber mold of the dead bird and replicated this in wax, then combined the wax bird with a wax skeleton hand to make the initial pattern."

7" x 5" x 3" 3lbs

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About the Artist

Kevin Vanek was born and raised in Cleveland, OH where he was immersed in the blue-collar world. As a result of this working class upbringing and his technical training, he was drawn to sculpture as an outlet for my creativity. Vanek received his BFA from Bowling Green State University in 2010 and his MFA from East Carolina University in 2013. Currently, Vanek is the Foundry Director and Professor of Metal Arts at the University of North Carolina Greensboro

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