This captivating 2-D animation, combined with stop-motion, is not your everyday how-to video. The film artistically explains the “lost wax” technique, a simple bronze casting process applied here to a plaster replica of the original bronze statue of the Roman emperor Hadrian found in Tel-Shalem, Israel, dating to A.D. 117-138 . Filmmakers Renana Aldor and Kobi Vogman worked hand in hand with the curator and restoration department of the museum for the “Hadrian” exhibition in Jerusalem’s Israel Museum.
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  17. dear video makers/directors…..some of us watch your stuff on our smart phones, as this is the only means of having internet. If adding words to the screen, please make them BIG enough for us to see. i couldnt read anything. With only the animation and no words, this video was quite boring. just keep this in mind for the next one…..

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