Client: Etobicoke Historical Society, City of Toronto
Location: Toronto , ON, Canada
Completion date: 2021
Project Team
Designer, Sculptor
Quentin VerCetty
VerCetty Made It Studios
3d printing and Bronze Casting
ArtCast Inc.
ArtCast Inc.
Overview
A commemorative art piece for historic freedom seeker Joshua Glover was commissioned by Etobicoke Historical Society and the city of Toronto. The sculpture depicts different transitional aspects from Glover’s life with symbolic motifs such as the flowers, clothing, his sci-fiction cyborg arms to represent different life events and places.
MEDIUM: Bronze, granite, concrete
DIMENSIONS: 1.8m (6.2’) tall by 0.67m (2.2’
Goals
Celebrate the life of Joshua Glover who helped to create new Slavery laws in Canada and allow interracial marriage to be permitted in the township.
Process
From a digital design, a 3d printed wax model was created with additional manual sculpting done before the bronze casting process was carried out by ArtCast Inc. foundry studio.