Custom Acrylic Casting
Acrylic casting allows for clarity, color, and embedded detail in both sculptural and functional applications.
Meisner Art Casting provides custom acrylic casting services for artists, designers, architects, institutions, and commercial clients throughout the United States. Based in Deer Park, New York, our studio creates clear and custom-colored cast-acrylic pieces, including fine-art sculpture, embedded-object projects, awards, furniture and architectural elements, retail displays, prototypes, limited production runs and one-of-a-kind projects. We can manage each stage of production, from model and mold making through casting, autoclave curing, machining, polishing, and final finishing.
What is Acrylic Casting?
Acrylic casting is a process used to create solid, three-dimensional forms by pouring specially prepared acrylic material into a mold and carefully curing it under controlled conditions. Unlike acrylic fabrication, which generally involves cutting, bending, bonding, or machining acrylic sheet, casting allows the material to take the shape and detail of a custom mold.
Cast acrylic can be produced in clear or custom-colored forms and may incorporate embedded objects or other design elements.
In acrylic casting, mold-making is critical, as any imperfection is carried into the final piece. We measure, pour, and cure in a high-capacity autoclave, accommodating large-scale work when required. Final steps include careful demolding and hand-finishing to specification.
Acrylic Casting and Fine Art
Acrylic has been used by artists for over a century. Early innovators such as Archipenko, Calder, and Nevelson explored its transparency and structural possibilities, laying the groundwork for today’s cast acrylic processes.
What Can Be Made With Cast Acrylic?
Cast acrylic can be used to create one-of-a-kind pieces and limited production runs for fine-art and commercial applications. Meisner Art Casting produces custom acrylic sculpture, embedded-object pieces, awards, furniture and furniture components, architectural elements, retail and window displays, prototypes, and specialty commercial products.
Each project is developed according to its intended use, dimensions, design details, production quantity, installation environment, and finish requirements.
How Does The Acrylic Casting Process Work?
Every custom acrylic casting project has different technical requirements, but the process generally moves through four key stages.
1
Project Review
We review the design, dimensions, intended use, quantity, installation environment, and desired finish.
3
Casting
The acrylic is measured, poured, and cured under controlled conditions using our high-capacity autoclave when required.
2
Model & Mold Making
A production-ready model and precision mold are prepared according to the project requirements.
4
Finishing
The casting is carefully removed, then machined, polished, assembled, and hand-finished to specification.