Pieces of prayer in different stages

I visit the foundry weekly checking on things. This weekend I worked on the waxes of the rocking chair when returning to the foundry the praying man is in pieces and stages throughout the area.  Here is what I have seen over the last couple of weeks.

A bronze hand

They prayers in pieces.  

Coming together

floor is through the process of wax, gates, and dip and sits
awaiting the pour of bronze. 

Banging away at the bronze shell is the
only way for the shell to come off of the
bronze.

This head looks vaguely familiar as it is covered
with a shell.