Drop-in activity
Bronze Pour Demonstrations with Jasmine Bradbury & Coles Castings
14:00–16:00
Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire
Ever wondered how sculptures are made? Watch the casting process in action at these bronze pouring demonstrations.
Artist Jasmine Bradbury will be working with Coles Castings Foundry to create small bronze artworks together.
They use the ‘lost wax’ casting process, which was also used by Foundries working with Henry Moore. The artist and fabricator would work closely together to translate Moore’s working models, often made of plaster, into bronze sculptures.
The process begins by taking a flexible mould of the working model, to then make a wax replica from. Next, a ceramic shell is formed around the wax replica, which is then melted away – this is where the term ‘lost wax’ comes from.
At this event you’ll see the final stage of the process, where bronze is poured into the ceramic shell. When the metal has cooled and hardened, the ceramic shell is broken open to reveal the small bronze sculpture within.
The other stages of the process will also be on display at the event for you to look at, so you can see the whole journey of the sculpture.
This event celebrates our seasonal theme of Encounters and is part of a week of Material Encounters activities taking place this August.
Practical information
Hot metal casting
Our collaborators will be in full safety gear while working with extreme heat and molten materials.
We kindly ask that visitors respect the safety parameters in place around the demonstration.
All ages
Everyone is welcome to watch the demonstrations.
Children must be accompanied by an adult for the duration of the activity.
Times & group sizes
The bronze pour demonstrations will be repeated approximately three times between 14:00 and 16:00.
Each demonstration has capacity for approximately 20 attendees. If the viewing area is full, we may ask you to wait or to come back for the next pour.
Tickets
Entry is included in an annual ticket. This event is drop-in, so there’s no need to book. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
- If you already have an annual ticket, just come along on the day and bring your annual ticket with you.
- If you don’t have an annual ticket, you can buy one online at the same time as your event ticket or from the ticket desk when you arrive.
An annual ticket lets you return to Studios & Gardens as often as you like, during open season, for 12 calendar months.
Subsidised tickets
We are able to offer five free tickets for this event, to anyone who wouldn’t otherwise be able to attend.
If you are able to pay for an annual ticket Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, please do not request a free ticket. Subsidised tickets include entry to the whole site for one day and cannot be exchanged for an annual ticket.
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About the artist
Jasmine Bradbury
Jasmine Bradbury is a sculptor originally from Norfolk, now based in London. Jasmine’s work explores the unconscious mind and how internalised experiences shape personal expression; abstracting the human figure and elements from nature, using sculpture to explore emotional states that are often difficult to articulate. Through form and material, she investigates the tension between fragility and strength, permanence and impermanence.
She works with a range of materials, starting sculptures in clay or plaster and before moving on to lost wax casting in bronze, lead or aluminium. The artist also works with resin, jesmonite, and more recently marble, after training in stone carving in Carrara. Many smaller works are conceived as maquettes for future large-scale outdoor pieces, made with a particular interest in developing sculpture for landscape, public, and corporate environments.
Since graduating with a First-Class Honours degree in Fine Art from Norwich University of the Arts in 2015, Jasmine has worked in foundries across London, Suffolk, and Norfolk, gaining deep experience in mould-making and casting. For the past four years, she has run her own mould-making and casting studio, which allows her to collaborate closely with other artists while continuing to expand her personal creative practice.
Coles Castings
Coles Castings is a foundry in North Dorset specialising in bespoke iron, bronze and aluminium casting for art, design and heritage projects. They offer an extensive range of foundry processes including lost wax in ceramic shell, traditional sand moulding, silicon rubber mould making, metal finishing, and patination.
With a fine art background and decades of foundry experience, they are uniquely positioned to understand how creative process can work alongside the technical considerations necessary to produce works to a high standard.
Encounters
16 April – 2 November 2025
This season at Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, we’re celebrating the inspiring and transformative encounters between Henry Moore and the people, objects and ideas in his orbit.
We’ll be holding a series of talks, open archives and film screenings, as well as a daily programme of free creative activities for families.
Find out more about this season’s events
Getting here
We’re located just 27 miles north of London in the beautiful Hertfordshire countryside.
Our 2025 visitor season runs from 16 April to 2 November. We’re open Wednesday to Sunday, 11:00–17:00.
Henry Moore Studios & Gardens
Perry Green
Hertfordshire
SG10 6EE
United Kingdom
T: 01279 843 333
E: visitorservices@henry-moore.org
