Describe the importance of the clay sculpture when creating bronze sculptures

It is common to refer to bronze sculptures as "work in bronze," but those who create them do not begin with bronze. With marble, for instance, the sculptor begins with a block of stone and works away at it from there. A bronze sculpture is not hammered into shape by hammering on a block of metal. Instead, bronze sculptures are usually made of clay before being cast.

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