Process

"One-of-a-kind bronze constructions are welded, forged, machined and oxidized with hot process patinas.  The process has evolved in my 40 year dialogue with materials, and I have learned when to impose my will and when to listen.  I want my pieces to look "made" and to retain evidence of my hand and thought.  Working in series creates a slowly accumulating momentum, wearing away the non-essential to reveal what is authentic to a personal and particular aesthetic."
                                                                                                                             -Jack McLean
All images: copyright McLean Bronze 2016

To view a three minute film of Jack in the studio working on a forged bronze boat, please click here.

Little Giant Boatheart
57" tall, 108 pounds

Jack and Alice McLean
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