More Casting
September 22nd, 2008
So today I decided to do another pendant. And it went well. I’m happy with my progress, like I’m gaining skill (like I want.)
Metal flows through the mold
Flowing swiftly ’til it turns cold
Shapes cast from a fleeting master
I see you freed in your sprue tree
Polished to a shine
Cast metal, frozen solid.
I’m thinking that I’m going to try sandcasting as an approach for doing lots of these. I takes a lot of time to prepare these as one-offs of wax, to sprue them, invest them, burn them out, and pour them. 2-3 hours each. I think by sand-casting, I can get that down to 30 minutes for batches of ten. That’d be awesome.
Hopefully in a couple weeks, I’ll have the materials on hand to do that. See you soon…
