I recently completed a short introductory course to the lost wax casting technique for creating jewelry (I will begin a more in-depth course this fall). I promised to post a blog about the process and ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook In Krofrom, Ghana, a 50-year-old town’s rising brassworking industry begins with threads of ...

What is lost-wax casting? -- Metalworking in Bronze age China -- Was lost-wax casting used in Bronze age China? -- Further confirmed lost-wax castings I: the Xiasi Jin -- Further confirmed lost-wax ...

Like many other artists, San Diego-born Robert Anders supplemented his creative work with “day jobs” that had him living in cities from Minneapolis to Kansas City. But when it came time to consider ...

On a cold, rainy Tuesday morning, inside a foundry in Burbank, four craftspeople in metallic silver fireproof suits looked like something out of a vintage sci-fi film as they prepared a vat of molten ...

Once Employed Chiefly for Accurate Manufacture of Small Metal Jewelry and Denial Paris. The "Lost-Wax" Casting Process Has Been Modernized and Adapted to War Production. It Now Looms as an Important ...

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* Sculpture is cut into pieces and covered with liquid silicone rubber, to make several two-part molds. * Sculpture is cut into pieces and covered with liquid silicone rubber, to make several two-part ...