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This category is for website postings and other miscellaneous posts that are generally unrelated to my bronze casting activities.

Why are Bronzes so Expensive?

 

“Are bronze sculptures made from gold? Why do they cost so much?”This is a common question. People are shocked to see the price of a limited edition or single edition bronze. After all, bronze metal only costs about $25 a pound. A desktop or table top sculpture may only contain a few pounds of bronze, […]

Sailor Moon

Kitsch: Craft So Bad That It’s Good

 

My Sailor Moon sculpture (it’s the one on the pink plinth in the front of this picture) is on display with the Alberta Craft Council Kitsch exhibition. Kitsch: Craft So Bad That It’s Good – a group exhibition at the Alberta Craft Gallery in Edmonton until Oct. 30, 2021.I am pleased that my work was […]

2021 Planned Castings

 

Some of my planned work from 2020 is carried forward to 2021. In 2020 I decided to focus on more significant works such as my stagecoach and mining sculpture. My work is changing and I want to create more complex and unique pieces. Sometime in 2021

William with Cello

Biography

 

William Miles was born in Vancouver, B.C. He studied the violin as a child and discovered his adult passion in mathematics and computer science. Music, mathematics, and logic all relate to the foundation of his artistic development. As a computer scientist and large system consultant William lived and worked in Canada and the United States. […]

Unseen

ArtPoint Gallery Opening

 

On June 7, 2019, I will have my first gallery opening for my bronze works.Many of you are aware of my bronze casting work. I would like to personally invite you to my first gallery exhibition,  Unseen, at the ArtPoint Gallery in Inglewood, 1038 17 Ave SE, Calgary, from June 7 to June 29, 2019.  […]

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2019 Planned Castings

 

It is my plan to cast the following works in 2019. The works noted for Spring 2019 should be available for the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo at the end of March, 2019. The Fall works may be available for the Dude Show Expo in November 2019. Spring 2019 Fall 2019