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The bronze was also simultaneously liquefied and heated. Thanks to the heat, it allows the clay to set properly in the desired shape and wax was drained out. The clay was heated from below with the strong fire flames. This also shaped the block of clays at the same time accordingly. Chares molded the wax into the specific shapes that he needed for the different parts of this statue.
These blocks of clay were spread or smeared with wax to cover them all over. Chares decided to make a large casting pit that became the largest pit that was ever utilized for the purpose of bronze casting. Even if the island was popular for its bronze casting, only a tiny part of the statue can be fitted with the bronze sheet that was casted in ordinary pits. Chares even cast bronze in various shapes for every part of this statue. The Colossus of Rhodes was fabricated using large amounts of bronze and iron.
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