[TheForge] "sculpting clay"

[Jerry Frost]

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From: "James Binnion" <jbin@well.com>
To: <theforge@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] "sculpting clay"


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> In traditional sculpture work the original model is often plastilina
> and then a mold is made of it with a liquid rubber. After removing the
> the mold from the clay master the mold is filled with wax and a wax
> pattern is cast from it. That wax pattern is then invested and cast
> into metal. There are "clays" that are supposed to be similar to
> plastilina that can be directly burned out in the casting process but I
> have never used them and the few people who I know who have did not
> like them. It is also possible to work on the original directly in wax.
> The favorite is a "Victory Brown" micro-crystalline wax that is fairly
> pliable at "room" temperature. But it has a fairly limited working
> range if it is too warm it is very soft and will need a wire  armature
> to help hold its shape and that will preclude you from burning it out.
> Or if it is too cold it will be too hard to easily work with. So it
> works best in a well controlled environment.
>
> Jim
>


Well I guess that would've been pretty obvious if I'd thought about it. Heck
I don't even have the excuse of not having heard it before. <sigh>

Thanks Jim. <grin>

Frosty
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