4/12/10

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The wax house numbers gated and in shell stage at the foundry-the first layers of shell are super fine and painted on to pick up all the detail, subsequent layers are dipped to form a thick casing which is fired, melting out the wax and producing an empty mold for the bronze pour.

8 comments:

  1. I love seeing the process, keep it coming....

    Where/who/what is this foundry?

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  2. beautiful...
    like these photos too...

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  3. Awesome. Can't wait to see the finished product.

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  4. Yes, such a lovely process to track. It's like one of those Buster Crabbe 'Flash Gordon' cliffhangers! Waiting for the next installement...

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  5. That would be an awesome sculpture/house numbers in front of a house!

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  6. Amazing. Jasper Johns has nothing on you!

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