In a recent study, Dr. Linda Boutoille uncovered the first evidence of lost-wax casting of silver objects in Bronze Age Iberia and, to date, Western Europe. Published in the Oxford Journal of ...

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 ...

To begin with, her face was almost unrecognizable. But, with each strike of the hammer, her features began to take shape. By the time Ercel Johnson paused to wipe his brow, the visage of Sacagawea ...

In Krofrom, Ghana, a 50-year-old town’s rising brassworking industry begins with threads of beeswax. And, through dedication, technical precision and creative insight by the town’s brass casters, it ...

I’ve always thought that there are three things you can do with metal: cut it, bend it, and join it. Sure, I knew you could melt it, but that was always something that happened in big foundries- you ...

The lost-wax process is a method for creating moulds for metal casting. It is commonly used by artists and sculptors to make moulds for casting metal statues. The lost-wax process is a method for ...

* Sculpture is cut into pieces and covered with liquid silicone rubber, to make several two-part molds. * The original sculpture is made of a wax-based clay called plasticene. * Sculpture is cut into ...