“Sunnyside Up” Raw Metal, from the bottom ~ Step Ten: The RAW METAL. Photo One. ~ Person Nine: The FOUNDRY PERSON
Straight from the foundry! When the bronze is cool, the ceramic shell is broken away. The bronze is bead blasted to remove the shell. Sprues and vents are sawed off. The cast is now a “raw metal. Note the square bronze sprues, that were formerly wax sprues, through which metal flowed into the body of the dog. Masking tape holds four plugs that were taken from the rear feet and the front wrists and were cast separately to provide added ventilation for the ceramic slurry to dry properly inside the tightly enclosed foot areas of this piece.
Photo courtesy of Nancy Palm, Metal Chaser Extraordinaire!
No. 26
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