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ROOTS AND GROWTH

On this page I shall endeavour to give an overview of the processes and techniques acquired whilst developing my creative practise

The lost wax casting process - Beginnings 

Below is a gallery of images of the work as it progresses.
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Carving the moths
Individual components
Tree bark
Wax with cores inside. Garlic, bone and pine cone
The top of the moth vessel
The top with added wings and body
The bottom of the moth vessel
Top and bottom assembled in wax
Beetles and bees with a moth core
Making a flat wax to roll up into a cylinder
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Making the cores with alginate , silicone and plaster

Silicone moth mold with wire for strengthening added
Refractory plaster moth inside wax half sphere
Moth inside mold ready to cast
Pine cone with wax sprue to create cavity for glass to enter hollow core
Garlic with clay sprue reads to make silicone mold
Cast garlic core
Cast pine cone, bone and garlic cores
Pebble core
Tree bark waiting for alginate
Alginate poured
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Plaster molds to be filled with glass and cast in the kiln

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Cottling the mold
Pouring the refractory mix
Looking down into the mold
Finished pour
Fired molds still in the kiln
Plant pot will hold the glass
Cold working

Casting with Ice

Castings some are finished and some are still to be cold worked and polished

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Kiln formed slab glass using waste and incorporating within existing work

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With huge thanks to Arts Council UK for this amazing year of research, development and joy.

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