The Origin of Crawford’s Casting
Alan Crawford graduated with Honours in Industrial Arts (Bachelor of Science/Arts) in 1972. After graduating, he became involved in sculpture and the process of fine art casting. For many years, Alan taught mould-making and foundry techniques to students of Fine Art and Architecture at the ‘Tin Sheds’, University of Sydney campus. With encouragement from some prominent artists at that time, he left the teaching profession and started casting full time.
In 1999, Alan’s son Matthew graduated from the University of Sydney with Honours in Geophysics (Bachelor of Science) and then joined his father at Crawford’s in 2005.
In 2010 Alan made the difficult decision to retire from the business. His son Matthew continues to lead the experienced team of founders and technicians offering some of the highest quality fine art castings and finishes in Australia and around the world.
How has Crawford's Casting established itself today?
Located in Strathfield South, Sydney, Crawford’s Casting continues to provide an exceptionally high standard of service to the arts and culture in Australia and around the world, consistently striving to exceed expectations. Crawford’s Casting has produced many of the admired artworks and monuments around Sydney and throughout NSW. Prominent artworks include the Diggers on Anzac Bridge, Sir Henry Parkes in Bicentennial Park, the Martin Place fountains, the Bull on Pitt Street, the Macquarie Bank Bronze signage and the sporting icons located around the Moore Park precinct.
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What does Crawford’s Casting offer?
Crawford’s Casting Pty Ltd is a fine art foundry that has been casting for artists since 1976. We cater to both domestic and international artists, architects, designers and students.
The foundry was predominantly established to meet the needs of artists working with bronze sculptures, and continues to offer a comprehensive foundry facility and artisan techniques to assist artists and others in creating traditional or contemporary fine art.
Our focus is to work with artists throughout the casting process to ensure that expectations are met, and to collaborate at key phases of the casting cycle. We do this to enable the artists vision to become a reality. Our team strives to build strong working relationships with all our clients no matter the scale of the project before us.
“Artists are our business, without artists Crawford’s would not have been presented with the opportunity to create, collaborate and produce some of the finest artworks worldwide”, Matthew Crawford