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Introduction<\/strong>
In September 1954, the then-14-years-old Innocente Mapelli began working at a foundry in Milan. It was his first experience in what will later become \u2018his world\u2019. Young Mapelli thus started, as an apprentice, learning the trade and the techniques of the Lombard metallurgical tradition.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Beginnings <\/strong>
In 1967, with 13 years of experience in the sector, Mapelli decided to go solo and, in 1968, he kick-started his own company, Fonderia Aristica Mapelli (Mapelli Artistic Foundry), specialised in the production of bronze sculptures through the lost wax casting technique. Initially, the foundry did not have real premises: the wax \u2013 used to build the artworks casts \u2013 was worked at home; the cooking processes were carried in a nearby barn and the statues, ready for shipping, were stored in the garden, covered in cellophane. In the following years, thanks to the commitment and know-how shown, the number of artists, even very important ones, who appreciated Fonderia Mapelli\u2019s work and who entrusted the translation of their artworks in bronze to the savvy hands of his founder and his brother Giuseppe \u2013 whose collaboration became indispensable as the workload grew higher \u2013 increased dramatically. The fledgling company blossomed and with it, day after day, so did the satisfaction of taking in increasingly complex and remarkable work.<\/p>\n\n\n