For the past nine days, I've been grinding and cutting away the stubs and filing down the bubbles as well as various small ripples caused by the inevitable imperfection of the wax positive.
Monday, March 9, 2015
Foundry, round II
The Laughing Buddha of Newtown survived the casting process intact, but with a number of little warts caused by bubbles in the initial ceramic coat. I'll have to remember to wear some well-fitting rubber gloves and pop every single bubble when I get around to my slurrying my akinakes chape, which is similarly detailed.
I didn't take any photos of the gating or slurrying process, because 1) it would've been difficult in the middle of class, especially in the very messy and crowded slurry room, and 2) you can find plenty of photos of those processes, and they weren't unique in any way for my project.
For the past nine days, I've been grinding and cutting away the stubs and filing down the bubbles as well as various small ripples caused by the inevitable imperfection of the wax positive.
Next up is grinding off the last stump of the gate, and then applying the patina.
For the past nine days, I've been grinding and cutting away the stubs and filing down the bubbles as well as various small ripples caused by the inevitable imperfection of the wax positive.
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I don't know exactly what bronze Bucks uses for our projects, but I suspect it's rather low-alloy. It's not yellow at all, but just looks like pale copper, and it files very easily.
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