Four days before Christmas and I feel as today was a great
gift given to me for the intense work I put into the clay mold of Ocean
Dancer’s I second pour. Spending many hours perfecting the smoothness of the
clay really paid off. One may not notice it in the following photos, as the
bronze comes out of the furnace at 2,000 degrees, but I can tell it is going to
be a smooth lovely finish. In about 40 more hours of work!
Le
Beau Touché is a sulfur free, extremely smooth and
flexible plasteline with exceptional adhesive qualities, but too soft.
- The
summer heat made the clay very soft, every nail and finger print showed.
- More
clean up to eliminate the imperfections from the marks in the clay.
- Careful
with the tools, any “miss-taps from a tool showed up on the clay.
- More
clean up to eliminate the scratches
- Dust,
clean it up
Next clay
AMACO Modeling/Sculpting Materials > Industrial Styling Clay
(HBX-2)
Non-hardening. AMACO® Industrial Styling Clay
is excellent for designing large and small models. A medium firmness clay that
can be carved, extruded, shellacked or painted and held to +/- 1/2000 inch
tolerance.
Today was the pour…..
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| Seven layers of sand creates a ceramic shell |
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| Ceramic shell is heated to 1700 degrees to prevent cracking |
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| 30 minutes later it rests in a pile of dry clean sand. |
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| Molton Bronze is heated to 2000 degrees, broken glass is added to the bronze to release impurities. |
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| Clean very hot molton bronze secure and ready to pour |
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| Nic's first pour! |
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| 2000 degrees |
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| One hour after the pour the ceramic is removed from the sand to cool. |
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| After 30 minutes, its grab with large prongs and water is poured on to crack the shell. |
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| A very clean break |
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| Next the spurs are sawed off |
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