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Mar 30, 2012 23:02
The sort of auto-generic-question meme is on hiatus, or moved, or whatever, so I saw peteralway asking the ol' Friday Five or just "learn more about me!" foo and volunteered. Here are his questions (
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peteralway
March 31 2012, 21:44:19 UTC
Thank you for your answers and wisdom and insights and stuff.
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purplecat_a2
April 2 2012, 17:25:33 UTC
What do you use to sculpt something that you cast in bronze, other than Irish Springs, of course? Do you use clay?
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lickingtoad
April 2 2012, 17:58:36 UTC
Step one is traditionally clay, yeah.
Then make a plaster mold of your clay. Scrape out clay and discard.
Make a wax cast from your plaster mold.
"Invest" your wax, which is a fancy way of saying 'Build a mold around it that won't melt when you pour molten goddamned bronze in it.'
Melt out wax, pour bronze. Clean, "chase" and patinate. Ta-daa.
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Then make a plaster mold of your clay. Scrape out clay and discard.
Make a wax cast from your plaster mold.
"Invest" your wax, which is a fancy way of saying 'Build a mold around it that won't melt when you pour molten goddamned bronze in it.'
Melt out wax, pour bronze. Clean, "chase" and patinate. Ta-daa.
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