'Found items' often are something that is embedded in a sculpture. A good way to think about it is, why sculpt a life size statue holding a hammer, just put a hammer in the clay? I happen to have a sculpture that has a found item that is a simple copper wire. When I re-cast this sculpture in cold cast bronze I just cut a new piece of wire, bend a hook in it and re-insert it into the mold. Has anyone ever heard of someone doing this in a bronze lost wax sculpture? My biggest concern is the ceramic shell-cracking because of expansion, or the wire falling out during vitrification. Here is the relief I have the mold for: https://www.etsy.com/listing/580447017/thomas-aquinas-bronze-relief?ref=shop_home_active_1 Thoughts?
