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The next step is Spruing... The wax dog copy is "spruced" with a treelike structure of wax that will eventually provide paths for molten bronze to flow and air to escape. The carefully planned spruing begins with a wax "cup," which is attached by wax cylinders/tubes/rods to various points on the wax dog copy. Here the cup is the brown colored wax, attached to the red wax cylinders/tubes/rods.
left: a front view of the spruing. right: the core pins are pictured here. The pins are used to suspend the interior plaster of the hollow wax. Without a fill the entire dog sculpture would end up as one sold bronze piece.
Bamboo skewers were used to help reinforce the wax cylinders/tubes/rods. The right image shows 1/8" rods, they will serve as vents. The gases must be allowed to escape.
Additional vents are added to under cuts and sections of the wax casting that may prevent a smooth flow of the molten bronze.
Well the bonze pour was very disappointing. Gases were unable to escape; therefore, we had poor results. The whole piece will have to be re-poured. The right image shows a part of the tail that did not capture the detail. The investment had a weak point near the tail section.
After removing most of the investment, I was able to note additional imperfections in the pour. There are just too many flaws and trying to salvage the piece would just take too long.
from a distance the bronze looks fine...
left: Detail view of one of the legs show more of the imperfections.
right: View of the tail section, shows a good portion of the tail that did not develop. At first my thought was to remove the tail and weld on a new tail, but at this point it is easier to redo the entire bronze. A new wax cast will be poured from the mold and this time a ceramic shell will be used.
the traditional lost-wax method - not “cold-cast bronze”, which is a resin blend.
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