The journey started in 1973 when Roland started an eight year stay in West Africa. By the time he left in 1981, he had seen indigenous people of Kumasi, Ghana casting molten bronze using methods handed down thru the centuries. The hot fires started a burning desire to cast metal that continues to today. A red hot crucible gets the adrenaline flowing like nothing else in the world. Your juices start flowing like the sweat off your brow and arms. To control molten metal at 2,000 degrees is no small task. In 1986 we started casting precious metal; gold and silver weighting grams. This lead to presently casting bronze at 150 pounds a pour.

The foundry started in the house, and as it out grew the space, it moved to the 'backyard', presently it occupies an industrial warehouse space. We are fully equipped to cast anything from medallions to monuments. We have a furnace with a melting capacity of 380 pounds of bronze, a computer controlled dewaxing kiln, heavy lifting equipment, TIG welding and air metal finishing tools. We use silicon bronze, an alloy which does not contain zinc or lead, both nasty toxins. We use electric resistant heating source for our kilns and small crucible furnaces. We use propane and natural gas for the larger furnances. These are clean burning fuels and we conserve energy with space age insulation and computerized controls. Our wax is recycled instead of burning it, this greatly reduces the production of toxic fumes. Using the 'lost wax method' we cast metal into traditional investment molds and ceramic shell molds. Our foundry offers all of the services found in major foundries; from mold making to casting, chasing and finishing with patinas to siting and installation, with individual attention associated with a small foundry.

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