So, I couldn't post further on the elephants I carved out of wax because they were my brother's Christmas gift! Well now that he and my family have already fallen out of their chairs after I showed them the final product I can show them to you! These elephants were turned into cuff links and were made using the lost-wax method of casting. The pictures in the "Studio Saturdays" post were of the mold-making process. After the mold was baked out for many hours, Jon and I fired up the torch and got ready to cast. This is the only picture I have of the process... (the mold is in the upper right-hand corner with the crucible in front of it, already emptied of silver from the outward force of the centrifuge)
but Jon will post pictures of the cast pieces after they were removed from the mold so you can see what it looked like.
So imagine: a ton of sawing, filing, sanding, polishing etc later....
Aren't they cute!?! So, then I took a silicone paste and made a quick-hardening mold of the elephants.
This way, I can melt wax into the cavity and repeat the lost-wax casting process without all of the tough carving... next up? Earrings for my sister-in-law! We'll keep you posted!
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