
A commission piece for
HeartsTreasure. Its a bronze version of the Japanese waving cat statue.
The before images is what the piece looked like right after it had been cast. The long thin bits of metal are called water marks. Its where there was water that hadn't been mixed into the investment so when it evaporates it leaves a cavity that fills with metal. It seems to be a problem of the specialty "for bronze casting" investment.
The after images are what the piece looks like now, cleaned up and polished.

The before images is what the piece looked like right after it had been cast. The long thin bits of metal are called water marks. Its where there was water that hadn't been mixed into the investment so when it evaporates it leaves a cavity that fills with metal. It seems to be a problem of the specialty "for bronze casting" investment.
The after images are what the piece looks like now, cleaned up and polished.
Category All / All
Species Housecat
Size 634 x 1134px
File Size 195.6 kB
Err...there probably isn't a tutorial anywhere, since I kind of made up the method myself. Take a look at http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4780204/ for a pretty good explanation of how I make pieces like this. The only thing it doesn't show terribly well is the core that the whole thing is originally built on, which is wire and paper. It also doesn't show that I remove the hard wax shell (this is what is actually cast) from the bees wax and wire core.
I am quite sure there are other methods for creating hollow bronze sculptures other than mine. I know that in Ancient Greece, they started with a plaster sculpture covered in bees wax and then the whole thing was covered in plaster and the bees wax burned out to create the space that was then filled with metal. I must saw I pity the person who then had to clean the whole thing...plaster can stick like concrete when it wants to.
I am quite sure there are other methods for creating hollow bronze sculptures other than mine. I know that in Ancient Greece, they started with a plaster sculpture covered in bees wax and then the whole thing was covered in plaster and the bees wax burned out to create the space that was then filled with metal. I must saw I pity the person who then had to clean the whole thing...plaster can stick like concrete when it wants to.
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