OK.. So today I was bored and looking for something other than stuff I had to do to play with, so I dug out the partially completed mould I started for my challenge of making a fully cast pewter chain. The mould makes 2 links linked together, with a place to then put those pieces so that the next ones can be cast in place. This mould was fairly ambitious and only really survived one casting, as removing the pieces from the second casting showed that the mould had broken and allowed molten pewter to encompass the previously cast links.

Whilst this attempt was more of an experiment to see if it could be done, I am very tempted to try a slightly different way of doing it so that the mold might last longer and therefore be capable of producing a decent length chain, as well as be able to link the chain back onto itself, which isn’t possible with the current mould.

The Technique uses period technologies in a soapstone mould to create Large linked chains… But it can also be used to possibly create linked tokens, badges or other periodesque pewter items. The produce might be documentable in the sense that the techniques and technology used to create them are period and documentable, however the produced items and the linking in a single casting are not. As always… I’m open to suggestion or discussion on this topic.