the workshop
of art
In 1991, Maestro Roggi opened his first personal workshop, La Sculpture by Andrea Roggi. Here Roggi starts working with bronze together with some helpers and makes even large-scale sculptures from traditional lost-wax casting: he makes the in clay without preparatory sketches, makes the wax model extremely detailed, realising with cares for every part of the figures, and casts works of extreme accuracy and beauty.
Since 2023, Roggi has set up a new atelier in Castiglion Fiorentino, where he continues the project to recreate a kind of Renaissance workshop, where the artist works side by side with his children - who are a fundamental part of creative development - and with the numerous assistants, who acquire skills and develop personal training by working on the Master's works, create therefore a dynamic, familiar working environment that allows everyone to grow. A workshop therefore, but at the cutting edge in terms of both ecology, since the new melting furnaces are electric, and especially technological, with the use of innovative machinery and techniques not currently widespread in the contemporary landscape. The production, in fact, is all done in-house, without having to rely on third parties; this allows experimentation with materials and artistic techniques and to continuously develop ideas and impressions, to always produce something new.
In 1991, Maestro Roggi opened his first personal workshop, La Sculpture by Andrea Roggi. Here Roggi starts working with bronze together with some helpers and makes even large-scale sculptures from traditional lost-wax casting: he makes the in clay without preparatory sketches, makes the wax model extremely detailed, realising with cares for every part of the figures, and casts works of extreme accuracy and beauty.
Since 2023, Roggi has set up a new atelier in Castiglion Fiorentino, where he continues the project to recreate a kind of Renaissance workshop, where the artist works side by side with his children - who are a fundamental part of creative development - and with the numerous assistants, who acquire skills and develop personal training by working on the Master's works, create therefore a dynamic, familiar working environment that allows everyone to grow. A workshop therefore, but at the cutting edge in terms of both ecology, since the new melting furnaces are electric, and especially technological, with the use of innovative machinery and techniques not currently widespread in the contemporary landscape. The production, in fact, is all done in-house, without having to rely on third parties; this allows experimentation with materials and artistic techniques and to continuously develop ideas and impressions, to always produce something new.
Dynamic fusion
La dynamic fusiondesigned and patented by Andrea Roggi in his studio in September 2019, marks a turning point in the evolution of contemporary sculpture, merging tradition and innovation in a unique process. This technique draws inspiration from classic lost-wax casting with a ceramic shell, but revolutionises its fundamental principles through the introduction of an element of movement during the casting of bronze. The mould, in fact, does not remain static: it is set in motion, allowing the molten bronze to flow and distribute themselves unpredictably, creating rich surfaces of details, unusual shapes and varying thicknesses. Such dynamism allows, therefore, surprising results that would be impossible to achieve with traditional techniques.
This ingenious intuition was born out of a long process of research and experimentation on the subject, through which Roggi has able to translate the intrinsic energy of bronze into a language dynamic expression. The movement of the mould not only gives a new physical dimension to the sculptures, but gives also a sense of vitality that transcends the purely aesthetic. Each work thus becomes a unique and unrepeatable creation, an encounter between the creative flair of the artist and the spontaneity of the matter.
Thanks to this technique, Roggi gives his works a sense of lightness and movement never achieved before. Iconic elements as spheres, circles and fluid forms, which recur in his language sculpture, come alive with new energy: the bronze, left free to settle spontaneously, it gives each sculpture a distinct personality, a trait that reflects the dynamism and the unpredictability of the creative process itself, transforming each sculpture in an exclusive piece.
La dynamic fusion is not just an innovative technique, but a vision that redefines the relationship between artist and material. Roggi valued unpredictability as a central element of the creative process, demonstrating that controlled chaos can generate beauty and uniqueness. Each casting becomes a moment unrepeatable, a dialogue between the artist's gesture and the laws of the nature.
This patent, far from being an end point, represents a base on which Roggi continues to build and experiment, pursuing a constantly evolving research. His works made with this technique are not only artistic objects, but real evidence of a new approach to sculpture: an approach that embraces the unexpected, amplifies dynamism and captures the essence of transformation.
With the dynamic fusionAndrea Roggi not only innovates the bronze sculpture, but redefines its expressive potential, paving the way for new interpretations of the relationship between form, matter and movement. A contribution that does not enrich not only his personal artistic journey, but is proposed as a a legacy for the future of contemporary sculpture.
Dynamic fusion
La dynamic fusiondesigned and patented by Andrea Roggi in his studio in September 2019, marks a turning point in the evolution of contemporary sculpture, merging tradition and innovation in a unique process. This technique draws inspiration from classic lost-wax casting with a ceramic shell, but revolutionises its fundamental principles through the introduction of an element of movement during the casting of bronze. The mould, in fact, does not remain static: it is set in motion, allowing the molten bronze to flow and distribute themselves unpredictably, creating rich surfaces of details, unusual shapes and varying thicknesses. Such dynamism allows, therefore, surprising results that would be impossible to achieve with traditional techniques.
This ingenious intuition was born out of a long process of research and experimentation on the subject, through which Roggi has able to translate the intrinsic energy of bronze into a language dynamic expression. The movement of the mould not only gives a new physical dimension to the sculptures, but gives also a sense of vitality that transcends the purely aesthetic. Each work thus becomes a unique and unrepeatable creation, an encounter between the creative flair of the artist and the spontaneity of the matter.
Thanks to this technique, Roggi gives his works a sense of lightness and movement never achieved before. Iconic elements as spheres, circles and fluid forms, which recur in his language sculpture, come alive with new energy: the bronze, left free to settle spontaneously, it gives each sculpture a distinct personality, a trait that reflects the dynamism and the unpredictability of the creative process itself, transforming each sculpture in an exclusive piece.
La dynamic fusion is not just an innovative technique, but a vision that redefines the relationship between artist and material. Roggi valued unpredictability as a central element of the creative process, demonstrating that controlled chaos can generate beauty and uniqueness. Each casting becomes a moment unrepeatable, a dialogue between the artist's gesture and the laws of the nature.
This patent, far from being an end point, represents a base on which Roggi continues to build and experiment, pursuing a constantly evolving research. His works made with this technique are not only artistic objects, but real evidence of a new approach to sculpture: an approach that embraces the unexpected, amplifies dynamism and captures the essence of transformation.
With the dynamic fusionAndrea Roggi not only innovates the bronze sculpture, but redefines its expressive potential, paving the way for new interpretations of the relationship between form, matter and movement. A contribution that does not enrich not only his personal artistic journey, but is proposed as a a legacy for the future of contemporary sculpture.
LOST-WAX CASTING
La lost-wax casting is a process for creating bronze statues that has been used since antiquity. There are two techniques: the direct method in which a wax pattern and you use it to make a clay mould, heating it then pours the wax out of the mould, and in its place you pour some cast bronze.
The result is a model identical to the wax model. With the indirect method, on the other hand, the final statue will be empty inside, and the wax model is made on the mould of a first clay model.
The artist's first step is to create a clay model of the statueon which a negative silicone mouldwhich was traditionally made of plaster. After the silicone has hardened, the plaster is removed and the mould is coated with a special liquid wax with a brush.
WaxOnce solidified, it reproduces the original model, and work is carried out on it to precisely define all the details that will be reproduced in the final sculpture. At this point at the wax model pipes and supports are added to serve as casting channels or vents to allow molten bronze to flow and gases to escape. The thickness of the wax will determine the thickness of the bronze in the final modelsince, once the bronze has been cast, the wax will melt, it will then be lost and replaced by bronze.
Bronze is a metal alloy consisting of approximately 90% copper and the remaining 10% tin, depending on the exact proportions between the two metals the melting point is between 880° and 1020° centigrade. The molten bronze is thrown into the casting mould upside down, which, once cooled, is opened to reveal the bronze figure.
At this point the bronze sculpture must undergo a process, also a long and demanding one, of cleaning, finishing and polishing the surface. The casting channels, also made of bronze, must be removed and all parts of the sculpture further finished.
It is at this further stage that other elements, cast separately, can be welded to the main body of the work. Different processes and chemicals are used by the artist to give the bronze its different blue-green colouring, while polishing concerns the parts that will take on the golden colouring.
The patina process under weathering conditions would concern the oxidation of bronze.
LOST-WAX CASTING
La lost-wax casting is a process for creating bronze statues that has been used since antiquity. There are two techniques: the direct method in which a wax pattern and you use it to make a clay mould, heating it then pours the wax out of the mould, and in its place you pour some cast bronze.
The result is a model identical to the wax model. With the indirect method, on the other hand, the final statue will be empty inside, and the wax model is made on the mould of a first clay model.
The artist's first step is to create a clay model of the statueon which a negative silicone mouldwhich was traditionally made of plaster. After the silicone has hardened, the plaster is removed and the mould is coated with a special liquid wax with a brush.
WaxOnce solidified, it reproduces the original model, and work is carried out on it to precisely define all the details that will be reproduced in the final sculpture. At this point at the wax model pipes and supports are added to serve as casting channels or vents to allow molten bronze to flow and gases to escape. The thickness of the wax will determine the thickness of the bronze in the final modelsince, once the bronze has been cast, the wax will melt, it will then be lost and replaced by bronze.
Bronze is a metal alloy consisting of approximately 90% copper and the remaining 10% tin, depending on the exact proportions between the two metals the melting point is between 880° and 1020° centigrade. The molten bronze is thrown into the casting mould upside down, which, once cooled, is opened to reveal the bronze figure.
At this point the bronze sculpture must undergo a process, also a long and demanding one, of cleaning, finishing and polishing the surface. The casting channels, also made of bronze, must be removed and all parts of the sculpture further finished.
It is at this further stage that other elements, cast separately, can be welded to the main body of the work. Different processes and chemicals are used by the artist to give the bronze its different blue-green colouring, while polishing concerns the parts that will take on the golden colouring.
The patina process under weathering conditions would concern the oxidation of bronze.
The marble
Having learnt the secrets of bronze, in his continuous and tireless research, the Tuscan master has undertaken - since 2017 - the study and processing of the marblefascinated by the huge quarries surrounding the town of Pietrasanta (LU).
Even in marble, Roggi moulds works that are true to their symbology and that, thanks to the aesthetic impact of the material of which they are made, skilfully transformed by his superior sculptural technique, enhance theidea of lightnesspeculiar to the entire artistic production and pays homage to the legacy of the immortal authors of the past.
The marble
Having learnt the secrets of bronze, in his continuous and tireless research, the Tuscan master has undertaken - since 2017 - the study and processing of the marblefascinated by the huge quarries surrounding the town of Pietrasanta (LU).
Even in marble, Roggi moulds works that are true to their symbology and that, thanks to the aesthetic impact of the material of which they are made, skilfully transformed by his superior sculptural technique, enhance theidea of lightnesspeculiar to the entire artistic production and pays homage to the legacy of the immortal authors of the past.
stainless steel
Stainless steel is an alloy that Maestro Roggi approached in 2020 for its apparent delicacy and elegance. Through this alloy, the artist has created works of art of rare beauty and complexity, which are able to communicate an exceptional sense of softness, despite the real hardness of the material.
STAINLESS STEEL
Stainless steel is an alloy that Maestro Roggi approached in 2020 for its apparent delicacy and elegance. Through this alloy, the artist has created works of art of rare beauty and complexity, which are able to communicate an exceptional sense of softness, despite the real hardness of the material.
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