Sand casting

Japanese: sand casting(英語表記)sandcasting
Sand casting

...Needless to say, the former technique came first, and the latter was developed to make it easier to create larger works and to prevent cracks that would occur when bronze contracted. The techniques for making the interior of this sculpture hollow include lost wax (French for cire-perdue) and sand casting. When creating large sculptures, the head, torso, arms, and legs were cast separately and then joined together, allowing for greater freedom of expression.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "sand casting" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…いうまでもなく前者の技法が先で,後者は,より大きな作品の制作を容易にし,あるいはブロンズ収縮の際のひび割れなどを防ぐために発達した技法である。この彫刻の内部を中空にする手法には,蠟型法lost wax(フランス語で)cire‐perdueと砂型法sand castingがある。また大彫刻制作の際には,頭部,胴部,腕脚部などを別個に鋳造し,それらをつなぎ合わせる方法が用いられ,より自由な表現を可能にした。…

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