African Lost-Wax Casting

The basic method of lost-wax casting has been widely practiced on the African continent for centuries. While it is difficult to establish how the method was developed or introduced to the region, it is clear that West African sculptors were casting brass with this method for several hundred years prior to the arrival of the first Portuguese explorers The Portuguese in Africa, 1415–1600 along the … Continue reading African Lost-Wax Casting