SubscribeI got made redundant when I got back from Festival, so things have been a little slow with me working out what to do next. Luckily the redundancy allowed me to clear a portion of my debt, which freed up some financial stress. ;) This in turn allowed me to splurge a little on some things I have been meaning to try, such as RTV Silicon moulds.
RTV Silicon moulds are a liquid Silicon that hardens at room temperature and is suitable for moulding pewter directly into. This allows me to experiment with an almost lost wax technique without having to re do the lost wax mould each time. Basically I end up with a reasonably flexible mould that allows all the detail of the lost wax process, with the re-usability of the hard carved mould technique..
Currently I’m just experimenting with it to see how useful it can be, but if all goes well, it might be able to produce some really great stuff.
As usual with anything I do… I’m kinda learning by experimentation, as opposed to actually being taught, so stand by for some notes and stuff in the next few weeks.
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You got made redundant? Aww, that stinks!
The pewter stuff sounds cool though. Good luck finding a new job that’s more you. :)
Hope you got the email I sent you about a position vacancy. Can you let me know how many pieces you manage to cast from a non-vulcanised mould? Oh and I put that book back on the shelf.