Casting the Actor statuettes for the SAG Awards

Blanca Lemus prepares the wax statuettes to be used to create the final bronze product. The Actor statuette was sculpted by Edward Saenz and designed by Jim Heimann and Jim Barrett.

Molten bronze metal is poured into molds in the casting of the SAG statuette at American Fine Arts Foundry in Burbank.

Detail of engraving of the SAG bronze Actor statuette.

Daniel Flores lifts the bronze Actor statuette after breaking it free of its ceramic shell at American Fine Arts Foundry in Burbank.

Daniel Flores hammers the Actor statuette to release it from its ceramic shell at American Fine Arts Foundry in Burbank.

Ricardo Godinez applies a patina to the SAG statuette after it is cast from molten bronze metal at American Fine Arts Foundry in Burbank.