Debbie Elmer

Elsie Darbee

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Current Project: Sculpting the Early Women in Fly Fishing

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My current project involves researching the women who were involved with the development of fly fishing in America. Although not in the majority, women have been involved with fly fishing in America from the start. It has often been a quiet presence with long-standing contributions – from some of the first studies in the life cycles of insects in streams to the establishment of the first commercial fly tying operation in America. These were not just women who fished – they were women who pioneering very specific and significant aspects of the sport. It has been my pleasure to learn more about these women and their lives and to try to capture who they were and their stories in sculpture.

I would like to extend a special thank you to the American Museum of Fly Fishing for helping me with access to their collection and for including the beginnings of this project at their 2011-2012 exhibit. Thanks you as well to numerous individuals who are helping me locate biographical information on these women.

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How a Sculpture Begins in Clay

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My first step in creating a bronze is to come up with a rough-in concept sketch in clay. This generally involves a wire armature and plenty of water based clay.

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How a Sculpture is Cast in Bronze

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Debbie Elmer uses the “lost wax” method for casting her sculptures. The “lost wax” method of bronze casting is an ancient technique that has been used to create sculpture for hundreds of years. Although the materials and tools used by foundries today are the results of higher technology, the basic method remains the same: A wax copy of the original sculpture is created. This wax is coated in a type of liquid ceramic and then placed inside a kiln. The heat from the kiln hardens the ceramic and the wax is melted away (hence the description as the “lost wax” method). This void is then filled with molten bronze. Once cool, the ceramic shell is knocked away and the bronze sculpture is revealed. Although larger sculptures are generally welded together in sections, the remaining steps involve sand blasting and coloring the sculpture with heat and chemicals.

This process involves many intermediate steps and is labor intensive and time consuming. It generally takes a foundry at least 4-8 weeks to create a bronze from an original sculpture.

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