A worker cleans up a wax statuette which will be used to form the cast that bronze will be poured intoPhotograph: Paul Buck/EPABreaking the mold surrounding a wax statuettePhotograph: Hector Mata/ReutersWorkers use the 'lost wax' casting processPhotograph: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images
A worker separates molds for cooling after bronze was poured into themPhotograph: Paul Buck/EPAStatuettes in broken plaster cast before their completionPhotograph: Kevork Djansezian/Getty ImagesA worker cleans and details a bronze statuettePhotograph: Paul Buck/EPAJoaquin Quintero starts the patina process of the statuettesPhotograph: Kevork Djansezian/Getty ImagesJoaquin Quintero uses heat as he applies Patina, an acid, to a bronze statuettePhotograph: Ric Francis/APFinished green-black patina Screen Actors Guild 'The Actor' statuettes (back) on a base of polished black granite stand alongside unfinished versions (front)Photograph: Paul Buck/EPA
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