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 ...

Lost-wax casting, a sculpting technique dating to the Chalcolithic period, is an elaborate process. Its many steps include spruing, slurrying, burnout, and metal chasing — terms lost on your average ...

* 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 ...

The process -- The creation and preservation of the original sculpture in solid wax -- Making the reproductory wax -- Retouching the hollow reproductory wax -- Exterior preparation; tie rods, ...

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 ...

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 Space in Between includes his latest bronze sculpting work using an ancient technique called 'the lost wax method'. Lost-wax casting is the process by which a duplicate metal sculpture (often ...