evolutionofshaun
February 11th, 2008, 08:36 PM
I'm about to get started on a sculpture project for one of my classes (art school obviously), where we are going to doing a lost-mold bronze casting. I'll be using yellow microcrystalline wax for my modeling. I don't have any of my sketches scanned yet, but I'm going to be creating an insect/Alien-like creature, and want to end up with a very smooth exoskeleton texture yet muscular looking carapace.
Has anyone worked with this material before? What are some pros and cons I should exploit and look out for? I've had to purchase it as a big block obviously, and so the most direct route obviously seems to be: just start carving. I'm going to be doing different body sections and appendages separately to begin, and then attach them before final details go into the wax (prior to the bonze pour, obviously).
Are there any tools that you would say I definetly need for this kind of material? I have some basic clay working tools, and wire for heating/cutting the wax.
Has anyone worked with this material before? What are some pros and cons I should exploit and look out for? I've had to purchase it as a big block obviously, and so the most direct route obviously seems to be: just start carving. I'm going to be doing different body sections and appendages separately to begin, and then attach them before final details go into the wax (prior to the bonze pour, obviously).
Are there any tools that you would say I definetly need for this kind of material? I have some basic clay working tools, and wire for heating/cutting the wax.