Bronze act
“Somehow the orchid fraternity got hold of me.” It sounds like a plot twist in a floral conspiracy novel, but this was perhaps the turning point in sculptor Nic Bladen’s career. From making a living creating jewellery (which admittedly was very well received), Bladen was asked by the president of the local orchid society if he would cast a few whole orchids in bronze.
A former dental technician, Bladen had learned about bronze sculpture under the watchful eye of Otto du Plessis at Bronze Age before going on his own.
He’d been struggling along when the orchid request came. “I cast a flower one day
