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From digital file to a physical model ready for the foundry.

M2DO produces the sacrificial physical model — the pattern — used by the foundry to cast the artwork in bronze or another metal. From small sculpture to monumental projects.

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Digital model of Benito Macerata’s heart sculpture — The four images distinguish the initial file, the pattern produced by M2DO, the foundry process and the visualised final outcome.

Detail of the assembled red pattern sections of the heart sculpture — The four images distinguish the initial file, the pattern produced by M2DO, the foundry process and the visualised final outcome.

WHATPhysical Ready Casting patternFOR WHOMArtists · studios · fabricators · foundriesSCALESmall · life-size · monumental

01 / SCALA E DESTINATARI

From small sculpture to monumental work.

The final artwork is not limited by the size of a single machine. Large-scale projects are digitally divided into numbered modules, produced and checked separately, then prepared for controlled assembly.

01SMALL SCALE02LIFE-SIZE03MONUMENTAL

One digital geometry → coordinated modules → one final artwork

Artists and digital sculptors

To turn a 3D model or digital scan into a physical pattern intended for casting.

Studios, art fabricators and contractors

To add a specialised production stage between digital development and the foundry.

Art foundries

To receive organised parts prepared around the process agreed with the foundry.

02 / IL PASSAGGIO CRITICO

A digital file is not yet a foundry pattern.

Before the artwork enters a foundry workflow, scale, sections, joints, stability, surfaces, handling and compatibility with the chosen process must be resolved. The final specification is aligned with the receiving foundry.

Digital heart sculpture model with numbered production sections — 01 / DIGITAL MAP
The geometry is organised into controlled, identifiable parts.

Illustrated case: artwork by Benito Macerata · workshop imagery at Fonderia Versiliese. Casting and metal finishing remain the foundry’s work.

03 / FROM PATTERN TO METAL

At the foundry, the pattern gives way to metal.

M2DO’s handover ends with the Ready Casting pattern. From that point, the foundry carries out investment, removal of the sacrificial material, pouring, assembly and finishing. The two responsibilities are distinct and coordinated.

01 / M2DOVerified physical pattern

Ready for the process agreed with the foundry.

02 / FOUNDRYCasting and finishing

Investment, burnout, pouring, joining and surface work.

03 / OUTCOMEArtwork in metal

Bronze or another metal according to the project.

Opening the refractory investment after pouring at the foundry — FOUNDRY / INVESTMENT
The foundry opens the investment after the pattern has been transformed.

Detail of the cavity and edge of a hollow metal sculpture section — RAW METAL
Cast sections before assembly and finishing.

Illustrative bronze visualisation of Benito Macerata’s heart sculpture — BRONZE OUTCOME
Visualisation of the final outcome after the foundry.

EXPERIENCE · METHOD · MATERIAL

Before bronze, there is work on the form.

Physical study of a sculptural form in the studio — **01 / FORM**Reading geometry and surface.

Red physical pattern elements on a workbench — **02 / PATTERN**The physical stage before metal.

Detail of refractory material in the foundry process — **03 / MATERIAL**Designing with the foundry in mind.

Artwork shown: Benito Macerata · process imagery at Fonderia Versiliese · additional visual material supplied by Antonio Luchinelli. The final bronze image is a visualisation, not documentation of a completed cast.

04 / READY CASTING

Not a standard print. A complete production handover.

Every project is configured around the artwork geometry, scale and the process actually accepted by the foundry.

File review

Geometry, scale, critical detail and process requirements are considered as one production problem.

Sectioning strategy

Orientation, parts, joints and logistics are defined around the artwork and the receiving foundry.

Production and finishing

The sacrificial pattern is produced, assembled and finished to the agreed handover standard.

Ready Casting handover

Checks, part identification and preparation for handling complete the route to the foundry.

The Ready Casting scope is defined and confirmed for each individual artwork.

05 / TWO ROUTES

When digital is already the original.

M2DO reduces intermediate steps when the artwork begins as a file, while keeping the foundry’s responsibility for casting explicit.

TRADITIONAL ROUTE

01
Physical model
02
Mould
03
Wax
04
Foundry

M2DO / DIGITAL-TO-FOUNDRY

01
Digital file
02
M2DO engineering
03
Ready Casting pattern
04
Foundry

Route suitability is checked against the project and the foundry process.

06 / START A PROJECT

Show us where your artwork stands.

You can start from a 3D file, a physical sculpture or reference images. The initial information lets us understand the possible route and what is missing.

01We review the artwork, scale and destination.
02We check the production requirements.
03We contact you to define the next step.

Confidentiality and handling of sensitive files are agreed before transfer.