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    I had a look through my old boxes and found this old silver ring. This was my first attempt at casting in cuttlefish way back when I was an apprentice. It has been cleaned up with a file after casting.

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    Wow! That's really smooth James. This was my first (and only so far) attempt at cuttlefish casting and I left the texture - after all, the moon is rocky Next time I will try to get a better crescent shape.

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    I must admit I quite like the texture from cuttlefish but can't abide the smell.

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    I do like the texture Elaine and as you say, by now you would give the inside edge a touch with a file. Even as it is I like it for its rugged self. Dennis.

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    Quote Originally Posted by silken View Post


    Louisella, I believe "squishing" is the correct technical terminology

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    Ahhh of course, silly me!

    Purely for entertainment purposes, I thought I'd share my first attempt at delft clay casting this weekend...now this attempt would have impressed me slightly had I been trying to make a weird, misshapen boot...sadly, what I was actually trying to cast was a swallow type bird...I think I may need to make a few changes to the funnel!

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    James,
    not bad for fish.

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    Hehe that definitely has a boot like appeal to it! I think it's quite cute

    Did you read Hans Meevis' recent blog post of delft casting? As always, I'm in awe of his work but I really, really like his tutorials:

    http://hansmeevis.blogspot.co.uk/201...t-casting.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by Goldsmith View Post
    I had a look through my old boxes and found this old silver ring. This was my first attempt at casting in cuttlefish way back when I was an apprentice. It has been cleaned up with a file after casting.

    James

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    I assume the head of the ring is solid? I can't think of a way to cast it hollow unless you were carving cores for the cuttlefish too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ps_bond View Post
    I assume the head of the ring is solid? I can't think of a way to cast it hollow unless you were carving cores for the cuttlefish too.
    All solid silver Peter. I used an uncut gold signet ring as a pattern pressed into the cuttlefish.

    James

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    Accurate filing doesn't seem to be something that's taught all that often, more's the pity. I'm forming the impression that filing up would be something that would be expected on most pieces in an apprenticeship - would that be a fair assessment?
    I'm currently playing with some patterns for fabricated hollow rings and the only way to get the level of finish I want post-forming (and planishing) involves some surface refinement with files.

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