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bronze casting

bronze injection casting

craft kitchenware set & butcher block

 
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sugar spoon & black walnut butcher block

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set of measuring spoons

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a small pig charm, just for fun

 
 

making process

lost wax injection casting

 
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the spoons are made of sacrificial wax & assembled into a casting “tree”.

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the wax tree is casted into a plaster mold.

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the injection caster forces molten bronze into the wax cavities,

melting out the sacrificial carving and replacing it with metal.

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the resulting spoon handle is filed smooth & polished,

while the spoonbowls are given a sandblasted treatment.

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