Dear Editor:
The fire at Studio West Bronze Foundry and Art Gallery that destroyed Don and Shirley Begg’s sculpture studio did not affect the bronze foundry, nor their art gallery.
Structure fires do not burn hot enough or long enough to destroy bronze sculptures. Bronze melts at 1,800 degrees fahrenheit, but structure fires typically do not reach or sustain this temperature. The paintings and prints for sale in the gallery were removed during the firefighting to protect them.
Employees are already back at work casting sculptures into bronze in the foundry and the gallery is again open to the public.
Thank you,
Shirley Begg
