Replication
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Replication: Reproduce an existing piece: David Henderson statue & Portrait bust of John Deere
We restore historic statues, cast items for architectural renovations, offer moldmaking, casting, welding, sandblasting, finishing, and re-patina.
REPLICATION
David Henderson
Upper Iowa University | Fayette, Iowa
In the early ’90s, Max-Cast replicated this heroic scale 1902 statue of David Henderson, speaker of the U.S. House, for Upper Iowa University. When workers cleaned the brickwork on the library there, they spilled TSP on it making for black streaks on its original verdigris patina.
Upper Iowa decided a warm brown patina would suit the statue better, so once the stained green was removed, a ferric patina was applied.
![Statue of David Henderson reproduced by Max-Cast from 1901 original Upper Iowa University before re-patina, 2015](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/statue-of-david-henderson-reproduced-by-max-cast-from-1901-original-upper-iowa-university-before-re-patina-2015.jpg)
![Henderson statue after removing tarnsihed verdigris and applying fresh ferric nitrate patina, Max-Cast, 2015](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/henderson-statue-after-removing-tarnished-verdigris-and-applying-fresh-ferric-nitrate-patina-max-cast-2015-679x1024.jpg)
![Replication David Henderson statues, new and old, Max-cast](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/replication-david-henderson-statues-new-and-old-max-cast1.jpg)
John Deere
Deere & Company | Moline, IL
Leonard Volk was a Chicago sculptor in the mid 1800’s. He often made plaster molds of his subjects faces. Another part of his MO was putting them in togas. We have a copy of a plaster cast of Lincoln’s face that he did in 1860. He too ended up in a toga. This one of John Deere dates from the 1870’s.
We sand cast several pairs of boots for this client in bronze. The sand molds clearly pick up plenty of detail.
Stephen: Should the boots image go in this section or be in its own section on this page?
I put “Deere & Company” as client and Moline, IL as headquarters per their website
![Bust of John Deere, after Leonard Volk’s 1870 for John Deere Inc.](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bust-john-deere-after-leonard-volk-1870-for-john-deere-inc.jpg)
Hotel Winneshiek
Project Name | Decorah, Iowa
![Cast-Iron Opera Seats for Hotel Winneshiek, Decorah, Iowa, Max-Cast](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cast-iron-opera-seats-for-hotel-winneshiek-decorah-iowa-max-cast.jpg)
![Replications for opera seats for Hotel Winneshiek in Decorah, Iowa, Max-Cast](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/replications-opera-seats-for-hotel-winneshiek-decorah-iowa-cast-iron-max-cast.jpg)
![Cast iron opera seats, Neumann Bros. Des Moines, Iowa](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cast-iron-opera-seats-neumann-bros-des-moines-iowa.jpg)
Work Boots
Project Name | location
![Replicaiton of work boots, bronze and leather, Max-Cast](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/replication-work-boots-bronze-leather-max-cast.jpg)