2026, SEPTEMBER – MICHAEL W. HALL

 

 

What material(s) do you use in your sculptures?
“I start with wax or oil clay and my end product is cast by my hand in bronze here at my studio and foundry in Driftwood, TX“

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is your primary forming method?
“Hand sculpted using various modeling techniques sometimes including direct metal fabricated effects & organics.“

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is your favorite surface treatment?
“My sculpting style is mostly representational so depending on the subject matter, I incorporate quite a variety of surface textures. Once my work is cast in bronze I also use a full spectrum color pallet to apply hot acid patinas on the bronze surface, ultimately allowing my textures and surfaces to “pop”.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What are your favorite Tools?
“My hands as well as wax working tools, kiln & furnace, metal chasing and polishing tools, torches, acids, polishing wax or lacquer for final finish.“

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Describe your studio environment.
“I am fortunate to have my studio and foundry just a seven second commute from our home. My partner, and wife for 44 years, and I welcome a fine team of talented artists to our studio from 9-5 every week day.  Because my sculpture involves a five generation process, the studio includes various stations designated for each different process including original design work, mold making area, wax pouring room, the foundry, metal chasing department, sand blasting area, patina lab, and finishing area including a wood and marble base system dept.“

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How/Where do you market and sell your artwork?
“There is a percentage of my creations which are bronzes depicting and honoring many aspects of the medical profession and offered through the “Ronadro Collection”. These bronzes are strategically marketed all over the world, through our Agent. My other works have been featured in galleries and various shows over the years but presently, my sculpture seems to keep us busy selling to patrons I have developed over the years and through word of mouth for work I produce for other sculptors. I’ve been sculpting and selling for 51 years from the same location so… clients usually come to me.“

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What sparks your creativity? What drives you to create?
“My love of nature and the creative process. Especially knowing that the work I create, or produce, enriches and expands the lives of others. I also love a good challenge.  My art process offers a constant opportunity for problem solving which seems to keep me pretty excited most of the time.“

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Did you come to sculpture from a different career? Tell us about your journey to becoming a sculptor.
“I studied aeronautical and aerospace engineering in collage. 4 years with the U.S. Air Force, Viet Nam veteran. Four years as a designer and engineering artist with the aerospace industry then in 1975 moved to Driftwood, TX and built my studio and foundry to produce my art.“

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How have you have taken your experience as a well-established maker in the field and passed that knowledge along to other artists?
“My studio and foundry mark (Michael Hall’s Studio Foundry, LLC) is registered with The Smithsonian Institute and The National Museum of American Art. One of the beauties of bronze sculpture is that once ones’ original art is molded, each sculpture can be reproduced in any sized edition the artist chooses. This creates a wonderful opportunity to teach and we have been on the internship program with Texas State University, The University of Texas, Austin Community College and Louisiana Tech. At present I have two former Studio Foundry interns from Texas State University that work in my studio full time, and I guess over the years I have shared  my knowledge and expertise with countless college interns and apprentices and even my wife and partner.  Many of these folks have gone on to become very successful sculptors and producers themselves. I very much enjoy collaborating with other artists.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What’s the best advice you’ve been given by a fellow maker, mentor, or teacher?
“Slow is smooth and smooth is fast“

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Website: StudioFoundry.com

TSOS Member Profile: Michael Hall

Bio:

Born in Austin, Texas, in his youth Michael studied Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering and has 58 years experience as a professional artist, 51 of which spent as a sculptor and founder, operating his own full service fine art sculpture studio and lost wax bronze foundry.

Michael was president of the Texas Society of Sculptors from 1989 to 1992 and has sat on the Board of Directors of that organization. 

Bronze sculpture created by Michael can be found in private and corporate collections from The Royal Palace in Kathmandu, Nepal to The Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of Medicine.

All of Michael’s work illustrates the fine detail and beautiful composition of a truly imaginative artist, and his commissions are vast, as are his awards.

Michael openly shares his knowledge and creativity, by offering his studio and registered foundry to sculptors; professional or student, as well as collectors throughout the world.

Michael Hall’s Studio Foundry is accredited by area Universities and Collages for their sculpture degree intern programs.

Michael’s sculpture portrays positivity and is among the most intriguing works of art being collected today. With his vast interest in time, space, endurance and the evolvement of the human race, Michael finds a certain satisfaction in creating what he hopes to be “artifacts of the future”.

 

 

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