Title - Making the Cast
Modelling in wax button
Pouring the Bronze button
Finsihing Patination button
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Picture of Joy Godfrey and Harry Harrison covering a wax sculpture with molochite powder

The wax structure is dipped into a slurry (thick yellow liquid called 'primecoat') and then into ceramic powder (molochite). This procedure is repeated several times with fine and then coarse molochite. The wax is then melted out.

Picture of Joy Godfrey burning out wax from molochite cast

The casts are fired in a kiln to 850C to form a heat proof mould into which the bronze will be poured

Picture of empty molochite casts in kiln