European Traditions - Capture your piece of the Italian countryside with Tuscany Bronze-inspired, Lost Wax designs! Rooted in an ancient practice in which a bronze sculpture is cast from a wax model. The wax model is dipped in a slurry of silica, and then more ceramic material is added, creating thick walls around the template. At this point, the wax is melted out of the ceramic and you are left with an empty ceramic mold. Molten bronze is then poured into the ceramic mold, creating a bronze reproduction of the original wax model.