The tiered garden was dedicated in 2008, along with four aluminum cast sculptures representing the four seasons/cycles of life, a gift from Charles Breed.

Made from voids, like all cast sculptures, these pieces flatfootedly memorialize a familiar but absent object.

They also operate an art foundry, using several techniques to cast sculptures and statues.

Mragowska has produced life-size metal and resin cast sculptures which she calls abstractions of the figure.

He casts monumental sculptures in stone; like slow silent fireworks, patterns drawn with points of light seem to move across their surfaces.

Mr. Thornton, as well as Wendy Taylor, who casts figurative sculptures in limited editions, will be at the gallery today.

A modern method of casting sculptures in which the casting material is a resin mixed with powdered bronze.

During the Licchavi period bronze in solid form was widely used for casting metallic sculptures; mostly between the seventh and eight centuries.

This characteristic is shared by the bronze used to cast sculptures, but copper-based alloys generally have melting points that are too high to be convenient for typesetting.

The newsletter also contains tips on the art, including, as last month's issue did, a list of major companies that cast medals and small sculptures.