Home on the range

Bronze on marble.

I think the buffalo is a very majestic creature. I liked the idea of a buffalo family. Many folks think the baby looks like an elephant...but I used a photo from an encyclopedia as a guide. Oh well! Since these are on separate platforms, they can be displayed singly or in a group as shown.

The buffalo family members are depicted grazing in a field.

The hind legs of theses images were the thinnest part of the sculpture and when the bronze was cast, it did not spread into those areas. Thus, although the front part of the images cast perfectly, none of the images had hind legs! Despite the defects, they looked pretty good and some students suggested I leave them as they were. I also contemplated just starting over. My other alternative, encouraged by my instructor, was to construct hind legs, have them cast then welded to the front portion. I did the latter. I have not learned how to weld yet. My instructor did the welding for me.