The latest updates and news related to American Bronze Foundry. Featured works of art, latest unvielings, and more ... http://www.americanbronze.com/feed/abf-rss.html Fine Art American Bronze Foundry, Inc. 2009 - All rights reserved en-us Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:41:09 -0400 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:37:44 -0400 webmaster@americanbronze.com FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) unlicensed version http://www.feedforall.com "Considered one of the local art community's best-kept secrets, the facility has emerged as one of the largest fine art foundries in the Southeast, with customers throughout the United States as well as England, South Africa, Canada and Brazil." http://orlando.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/1997/09/08/story8.html D73A4CEE-0413-4F91-8ED0-F3403DED97DE Fri, 12 Sep 1997 09:31:14 -0400 Were it not for bronze, civilization would look very different. History virtually begins with the Bronze Age, when humankind discovered how to melt two metals together to create a substance harder and more enduring than could be found in nature. Bronze preserved for posterity the cultures of Mesopotamia, Sumeria, Troy and ancient Egypt. While casting bronze is not a lost art, there are relatively few bronze foundries active in the U.S. One of the largest is American Bronze Foundry in Sanford. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NJ&p_theme=nj&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EE3399CCA8F7AA0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM 3E04FDA2-D18B-4C32-B10D-44AE98915658 Thu, 2 Aug 2001 09:31:15 -0400 The American Bronze Fine Art Foundry here will eventually produce 3,000 bronze busts of the Virgin Mary, to be sold for $15,000 each. Another 1,000 made of silver are priced at $30,000 each. Within a few weeks there will be full-time armed guards here because 25 of the Madonna statues will be cast in gold and later offered at $1 million each. More than 1,500 pounds of gold will be brought in and used under intense security, since each of the statues will require 1,000 ounces of gold. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/07/arts/arts-in-america-copies-of-a-vatican-masterpiece-made-in-the-usa.html 1DEED4AB-45A0-4DF3-96F1-A2AB9AFA8081 Tue, 20 Aug 2002 09:31:16 -0400 "In the plaza outside Emerson Alumni Hall on Wednesday, UF President Charles Young and other dignitaries unveiled a bronze statue of what Young called the schools "two most recognizable icons" - Gator mascots Albert and Alberta. Each coppery-brown figure holds aloft a single claw in a cheer-leading pose forever frozen in time." http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=afgRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WuwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3246,5756943&dq=american-bronze-foundry C421E235-F952-4DE3-BDD3-369CBBA9AED2 Fri, 15 Aug 2003 09:31:17 -0400 A 7-foot, 300-pound bronze statue of Juan Ponce de Leon was erected on waterfront plinth located in Punta Gorda, Florida. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=HT&p_theme=ht&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10987CD3919823D9&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM 3011BFFC-3890-4F8A-9961-4D8DCE111211 Tue, 26 Apr 2005 09:31:18 -0400 "The bronze statue, which stands 12 feet tall atop a 6-foot platform and weighs about 6,000 pounds, is located in a newly planted garden just east of the Performing Arts Center on the Bethune-Cookman College campus." http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NJ&p_theme=nj&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=107D8732949D235C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM 7FC2D6FB-AA91-4260-A512-4675E31F089A Sun, 9 Jan 2005 09:31:19 -0400 "We wanted something special and a little abstract," Walsh said of the statute created by Paul George of American Bronze Art Foundry in Sanford. "I wanted something to acknowledge our alumni's achievements and their many contributions toward making a positive difference in their communities. Hopefully, it will encourage others to do the same. It's certainly been a big part of my life." http://news.ucf.edu/UCFnews/index?page=article&id=002400412e120743011469b630a7007622 39D9528E-36B8-4402-88D5-00CDD96B8DF1 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:31:20 -0400 "Women of all ages, backgrounds and achievements were honored at the National Heroes Day on Monday. A new statue called Aspiration, depicting two women, one young and one older, mounting stairs was unveiled as a tribute to the work and struggles of the women of Cayman and to the future generations of women." http://www.caycompass.com/cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi?ID=1037046 91CAC4BA-353C-4C14-BA15-7EB07F443F4E Wed, 7 Jan 2009 09:31:21 -0400 Apollo veterans unveiled a monument to the moon exploration era in Titusville. The monument is dedicated to the people who put the Apollo rocket on the moon and is part of the Space Walk of Fame along U.S. 1 in Titusville. It also includes similar monuments to the Mercury and Gemini eras of the 1960's. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31970455/ 1E6EE1B4-D409-40FE-9CB8-53BDC09E14B3 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:31:22 -0400