I try to visualise the movement by drawing some sketches with a
pencil, and draw several possibilities as the idea isn’t fixed until much later. Then, I normally create the base of the sculpture in polystyrene. This allows me to have a nice and light volume.
In this next phase,I use wax, plasticine or clay to cover the base in polystyrene and work the finer parts of the piece. These materials allow me to give a lot of
precision and finesse to the sculpture. Some parts, like bridles on the horses are made aside and added in the end.
When the original is finished, I make a silicone mould that allows me to reproduce more of the same sculpture. Personally, I prefer to do small series of 8 with 4 artist proofs.
With the lost-wax process (cire perdue), melted bronze replaces wax.
When the bronze is taken out of the oven and it has been cleaned, I can sculpt
some further details in the metal. Sometimes, as I mentioned before, I add small parts that are conceived aside, like bridles, whips, stirrups, reins, etc.