Monumental Sculpture Of A Big Cat By Dylan Lewis At His Sculpture Garden Near Stellenbosch. Editorial Image

Pictured is a monumental sculptures of a a big cat by Dylan Lewis at the Dylan Lewis Sculpture Garden near Stellenbosch, South Africa. Born in Johannesburg in 1974, he is Africa's most internationally renowned living figurative sculptor. Initially known for his big cats, Lewis has gradually shifted vision and focus onto the human figure. Lewis starts creating his sculptures with clay figures he forms with his hands. He then uses the lost wax technique to convert the clay figure to bronze. For monumental sculptures he mixes a water based acrylic plaster with metallic oxides and iron dust and molds his polymer on to a lightweight foam core.