ART FOUNDRY FOR BRONZE CASTING

JOSÉ REFUGIO QUEZADA MORALES

* FINE WORKS TO LOW BUDGET *
* ON ALL SIZES *

Rayon Mz. 31 Lt. 19 y 20 Colonia Arbolitos

1. Services

• Modeling and Enlargement
• Project development based upon scale-model or Diagram
• Pieces in all mediums
• Moulding
• Gelatine moulds
• Plaster moulds
• Silicon moulds with fiberglass
• Casting
• Lost wax process
• Sand casting
• Assembly
• Finishing
• Rustic finish
• Chased and finished with patina
• Chased, finished and buffed
• Acid-based patinas
• Green
• Brown
• Black
• Blue
• Or any combination of your choice

All of the above mentioned services are available according to your needs and specifications. We can serve you in the following ways:

• if you send us the model and require all of our services
• if you send us the mould and desire the rest of our services
• if you only wish us to cast and finish your piece.

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2. Delivery of scale-models and diagrams

• Diagrams can be sent by fax.
• Scale models can be delivered to us by land or air. Please send us the name of the company which you use to ship the model, the diagram and the specifications to us by fax, along with the shipping number.

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3. Budget

A detailed budget is drawn up according to the scale model or diagram, which considers all proyected expenses. The following are examples of expense categories.

• EXPENSES
• Modeling
• Moulding
• Casting
• Assembly
• Finishing
• Acid based patining
• Packing
• Shipping
• Mexican customs
• Insurance
• etc.

* NOTE: For aclarations in English, we have a bilingual staff person in our office daily Monday-Friday, from 4:00 p.m. til 8:00 p.m., Mexico City time. For communications in Spanish, please contact us at any time, by phone, fax or internet.

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4. Enlargements

In the material of your choice:

• Clay
• Plaster
• Natural clay
• Styrofoam
• etc.

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5. Moulding

• If you already have a mould, you can send it to us for casting.
• If you have a finished piece, one of our staff members can create the mould in your workshop. In this case, we ask for you to provide us with the necessary materials and travel expenses for our staff.
• Materiales may include: plaster, iron supports, metal rods, etc.

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6. Delivery/Shipping of finished pieces

• Small pieces can be shipped by air, land or sea if necessary.
• For larger or monumental pieces that must be sent in sections, we have personnel who can travel to the final destination for assembly. In these cases, we ask you to provide the following:
  
• Shipping (from customs to the final destination)
• Scaffolding
• Towing
• Soldering equipment
• Tri-phase lighting
• A worksite
• etc.


• If a larger sculpture is shipped in one single piece, we can arrange for shipping to the country of choice, where you can then assume responsibility for customs, as well as receiving, unloading and installing the piece.
• We can insure any piece against damages during shipping and handling.
• We ask for you to determine the way in which the piece is shipped according to "quotation subject to the incoterms 53/modifition 80".

a. EXWORKS (EW)

• Under this system, you assume the total cost and risk during shipping, from the point of origen to the final destination.

b. FREE ON BOARD - AIRPORT (FOA)

• Our responsibility ends upon loading the pieces upon the plane and sending you the corresponding documents to receive the shipment. You assume all shipping costs and customs in your own country.

c. FREE ON BOARD - SEAPORT (FOB)

• The pieces are stored at the seaport which you determine in the contract.

You assume all additional resposibility.

d. C&F: COST AND FREIGHT (CFR)

• We carry out the necessary arrangements and payments for shipping the pieces to the final destination (the customs office nearest to you); however, the risk of loss or damage to the goods, as well as any additional costs, is transferred to you when the goods are loaded on the boat at the port of departur

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7. Payment

• A contract will be drawn up and signed, once both parties have agreed upon the budget and procedures. For smaller pieces, we request a 50% down payment, with the remaining sum to be paid upon delivery.

For larger pieces, we request

• a 50% down payment
• a 25% payment upon 70% completion of the piece
• a 25% final payment upon delivery
• We ask for all payments to be made through a banking institution through wire service or through a commercial credit document with installments payable to bearer according to a pre-established schedule.

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8. The Foundry Site

• The foundry is located in the State of Mexico, along the northernmost fringe of Mexico City, at kilometer 12.5 of the old highway to Pachuca. From Mexico City's Benito Juarez International Airport, travel time by car is approximately twenty minutes during light traffic hours.
• This location allows us to provide you with the most modern methods of transportation and communication. Throughout Mexico, there are modernized airports, seaports and highways in optimum working conditions at your convenience.

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9. Fiscal procedures and customs

• Today, Mexico is facilitating all types of "maquila" labor (where raw materials are imported to Mexico and the finished product is exported elsewhere) both through fiscal policy and customs, thereby making it easy for us to provide you with any kind of service which you might desire.
• The necessary papers and procedures are begun once the contract has been signed by both parties.

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