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Why Bronze? 5,000 Years ago, some inventive souls melted copper and tin together and created bronze. They were in search of a material stronger than copper and tin were on their own – and they found it. They also found one of the most beautiful and durable materials ever created. Of course, the other material possessing such beauty and durability is stone, which is why bronze and stone are each other's perfect complement.
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How We Make Our Tiles Each Bronzework Studio design is first carved by hand in sculptor’s wax. From our original wax tiles we make multiple casts, or "patterns." At the foundry, these patterns are pressed into specially prepared, fine, moist sand. The patterns are carefully removed, leaving exact impressions of the designs in the sand. Then, into each cavity we pour white-hot molten bronze.
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bronze cools, the raw tiles are excavated from the sand. Extra bronze
surrounding the design is ground off, and the tiles are made square. |
A Word of Caution Please be careful when you choose metal tiles. Many tiles identified as bronze are not actually bronze. Most metal tiles are made of pewter, a very soft metal which scratches easily. (Many companies make their tiles in pewter because it melts at a relatively low temperature and can be easily cast in rubber molds.) Some pewter tiles may be referred to as "bronze" because they have been plated with a thin layer of bronze. Other metal tiles are simply a thin layer of metal or metal composite wrapped around or sprayed onto some other material. You can identify these tiles because their backs are not made of metal. Finally, some so-called metal tiles are merely lightweight plastic resin pigmented with metal powder. These tiles are easy to identify because they are light weight and easily scratched.
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