Lost-wax Casting

Author: Fred R. Sias
Publisher: Woodsmere Press
ISBN: 0967960002
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 234

Book Description
This book is a basic introduction to lost-wax casting with emphasis on jewelry making. It is designed to be used both as a textbook and a reference book and is directed primarily at beginners. Experienced casters, however, will probably find some useful ideas; they may even find some new techniques. Heavy emphasis is placed upon understanding why things are done in a particular way, rather than simply presenting a set of cookbook rules that will always work. The book is also available in a 8.5x11 inch comb-bound version for use in the shop or classroom. See ISBN 0-9679600-1-0.

Basic Wax Modeling

Author: Hiroshi Tsuyuki
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997979879
Category : Jewelry making
Languages : en
Pages : 112

Book Description
Mr. Hiroshi Tsuyuki, the Japanese authority on Jewelry Wax Modeling, uses an innovative approach to teaching the technique of wax modeling. Often a process is easier shown than described in so many words. This book was conceived through the author's teaching experience -- more photos and sketches and less text resulting in less over-the-shoulder supervision. By introducing new techniques in each project, his students were able to progress more rapidly towards independence in design concepts. While preparing a model for casting and the actual casting process are adequately explained in most casting books, very little space is devoted to the design and creation of wax models. Mr. Tsuyuki presents 11 basic projects in this book, each one designed to teach the use of certain tools and types of waxes in a progressive manner as one's skills improve. Each step of every project is accompanied by a photo and text and in some cases supplementary sketches and notes are provided to clarify those particular processes. Paying careful attention to the photos, noting the demonstrator's hand position and the type of tool being used, eliminates any confusion which may result from the text. After each basic model is completed the author offers a number of sketches suggesting design possibilities using the techniques learned in the construction of the basic model. Mr. Tsyuki states that by conscientiously completing each project, the student should be well on the way to becoming a designer/modeler. This book is 112 pages and has 283 photos and illustrations.

Centrifugal Or Lost Wax Jewelry Casting

Author: Murray Bovin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 99

Book Description

Metalworking in Bronze Age China

Author: Peng Peng
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781604979626
Category : Bronze founding
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
"This is the first study that adopts a comprehensive, thorough, and interdisciplinary approach toward early Chinese lost-wax castings. With more than 80 images, this book provides a study on the "norms," which are seldom questioned. By examining the reasons why Chinese founders often chose not to use the lost-wax process they had clearly mastered, the book refutes the idea that lost-wax technology is the only "right way" to cast bronzes. This study demonstrates that a "norm" is in many ways an illusion that twists our comprehension of art, technology, civilization, and history"--

Wax Carving for Jewellers

Author: Russell Lownsbrough
Publisher: The Crowood Press
ISBN: 1785008358
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 423

Book Description
Wax carving is like sculpture for jewellery and allows enormous creativity, as so many different forms can be made. This practical guide introduces the techniques to this age-old method through a series of guided exercises and projects, and demonstrates how exciting it can be. Drawing on the experience of two master wax-carvers, it also gives invaluable advice on the finish of your cast pieces and how to reproduce them. With over 400 colour photos, it give advice on setting up for wax carving, tools, tool-making and materials. There are exercises that introduce the beginner to using wax and then build ideas and confidence to try more complex designs. Included are advanced techniques that show how to use stones in a carving and how to add texture and surface detail. Finally, finished examples demonstrate the potential, excitement and versality of the method.

Handbook of Lost Wax Or Investment Casting

Author: James E. Sopcak
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780935182286
Category : Jewelry making
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Detailed information and photographs show how to construct equipment and jewelry, castings, molds, and patterns for jewelry and metal.

Lost Wax Investment Casting

Author: C. W. Ammen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 190

Book Description

Practical Casting

Author: Tim McCreight
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780961598457
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 153

Book Description
Expanded edition of this excellent textbook about lost wax models, investing, burnout and other procedures. Clear descriptions with hundreds of drawings of small scale casting.

Fine Art Metal Casting

Author: Richard Rome
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 342

Book Description
Mould making and the lost wax casting of metals for fine art are long-established techniques, which involve both artistic and material science considerations. The methods described in Fine Art Metal Casting cross a broad range of disciplines, from ceramics and glass through to jewellery and areas of conservation, archaeology, and palaeontology, where replicas must be made. This book provides a unique, all-encompassing, visually-based demonstrative source which will prove invaluable for art-, craft-, and design-based practitioners, art historians and curators, scientists and conservators, and researchers and students.

Modeling in Wax for Jewelry and Sculpture

Author: Lawrence Kallenberg
Publisher: Krause Publications
ISBN: 9780873418515
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Expands on the original work that first introduced artists and artisans to the materials, tools and techniques used to create original wax models for jewelry - both fine pieces and costume jewelry. The ancient method of lost-wax casting and traditional casting techniques of modeling in wax free that artist from many of the restrictions of traditional wax modeling, to provide greater freedom and spontaneity in creation, along with a newly achieved speed in execution. &break;&break;The author combines this understanding of the methods with his own practical experience to present the techniques in a concise, step-by-step format. He details the necessary materials and tools, and introduces the reader to their various characteristics and their roles in the jewelry-making process. He guides the artist through the various processes of wax modeling in several projects.