help! I'm too stupid to understand :(

[joella]

Hi, Please be kind (and treat me like a particularly stupid child) !

I have not understood the slightest thing I have ever heard or read about casting (cuttlefish aside). I'm wondering how I could make castings of things that are very delicate like flowers or leaves etc, so I could make sterling replicas of them. I haven't understood one word of any explanation of wax casting, and I'm wondering if there is a simple 'kitchen table' way of doing things - apart from cuttlefish which I know cant work for such delicate items. Sorry if this topic has been done to death, I think I need a 'casting for dummies' response. I need something low tech that can be done at home with little or no specialist equipment! It's not something I can try out just now anyway, but I just need to mull it over for now.

p.s. I do 'get' the gist of delft clay casting, but haven't had a go yet, but as I understand it - you have to press the sand down using a lot of pressure, so that also wouldn't work for delicate flowers and leaves etc.

Thanks
Stupid Sue