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| Foundry Pouring, Cast Iron |
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Factory Mould Patterns
from the
Industrial Age
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| Handmade Wooden Pattern, Mining, 1880s |
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From the outset of the Iron and Bronze ages, liquid metals have been
poured into green sand moulds, shaped by wooden patterns made by hand.
The average "Pattern-maker" was apprenticed for ten years and was one
of the most skilled artisans of the Industrial Age. Denver, Colorado
had a foundry that was the largest west of the Mississippi and it made
everything from parts for railroads to mines and factories. We had the
good fortune to cherry pick the pattern warehouse before the remaining
patterns were burned. These patterns can be displayed as art, made into
lamps, sculpture pieces and a variety of other uses. For the most part
they are hand-made of Norwegian sugar pine and other rare woods glued
together with horse hoof glues.
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