About Us
Roy Champiomont has been in the molding and casting business for 40 years. His shop near the private airport off Hwy 6 initially produced custom cultured marble counter tops and fixtures for Harris County builders.
During the 1980's, Roy became interested in the life impressioning process. Soon he was taking life casts, often from sports celebrities. His private collections of hands are thoughtfully posed, and frozen in youth.
During the mid 90's Roy met Texas western and wildlife sculptor Don MacGregor, and a collaboration ensued which lasted until MacGregor's death in 1994. MacGregor willed his entire life body of work---sculptures, molds, maquettes (models of planned large sculptures), everything, to Roy.
Ten years after, Mr. Champiomont had a decision that it was time to do an homage to Don's life work, and take steps to complete unfinished MacGregor works, and resurrect the collection in bronze. A retrospective display using MacGregor's original waxes and clays is planned, which will show the evolution of a scupltor's art over the period of time in which he worked. This will be availabel for loan display in area banks, museums, and educational campuses.
Dan Butler, a world class sculpture artisan, manages the foundry and performs all aspects of lost wax process bronze sculpture making. He is a sculptor in his own right, with 20 years experience working as mold maker, wax dresser, foundry man, bronze 'chaser' (welder/finisher of sculpture), and patina Master.
Mr. Butler studied with noted midwestern sculptor Thomas Walsh during the 80's, and holds a Bachelor of Fine Art degree from Southern Illinois University. He has worked as a professional artisan at some of the finest commercial sculpture foundries in the United States, including the world famous Shidoni Art Foundry in Tesuque, New Mexico. He also owned his own art foundry, 'La Porta Architectural Bronze', in Austin, Texas, throughout the 1990's before closing it to relocate for further studies in Santa Fe, New Mexico from 2000-2004. His local 90's work which can be seen by the public include four 'Texas Baroque' chandeliers which are permanent fixtures of the Festival Hill International Music Intitute, Located in Roundtop, Texas.
Roundtop is about eleve miles north of LaGrange, Texas, half way between Houston and Austin.
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