Umha Aois - Bronze Casting Demonstration 2008

Video by Robert Clarke. A bronze casting demonstration held May 2008 at Glendarragh Studios, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. The object cast is a replica of a bronze age axe head. “Umha Aois“ (Irish for “Bronze Age“) is an ongoing experimental project organised on a volunteer basis by a committee formed of artists & archaeologists. Through research and experimentation we are attempting to rediscover our Bronze Age ancestors’ casting methods, and in the process empower the artists in