Faltering steps into casting...

[Vos]

Hi all, after a bit of a lull due to health, got back to the bench recently and had chance to play with my new delft clay.

After a couple of failed castings due to lack of flow I widened the pouring throat and more importantly made much larger air vents. I also moved the sprue button(?) to the centre of the casting and cut channels out to shank. This resulted in a very successful cast. There are couple of very tiny pits that were too deep to polish out, but for first practice very happy.

It was also my first try at carving a ring from wax, so rather than go for a complex design I experimented with freeform texture. Aimed at a kind of stone/nugget type texture, mainly to see how accurately the casting would reproduce. I have to say the result has got me quite excited to try new things. Now I just need more silver to smelt


Here's a few pics, hope to post up some more adventurous offerings soon!


Cheers

Vos