This here is my Casting final. I made 60 bronze larva and 15 bronze moths. I bought a vintage cranberry shipping crate from Argentina and hung seven mason jars with drops lights in them from the shipping crate. The seven light cords are wired so they become one cord and only one outlet is needed. I am so thrilled with how this turned out, I didn't have to compromise on my idea and love the overall mood of this piece.
CASTING!!!! This class is the BEST. I am working on a mason jar drop light chandelier installation piece for my final and these larva will be inside of the mason jars along with cast moths and beetles. I hand made 4 larva from dark brown wax and then made RTV molds of them that way I could use the wax injector and make a ton of them. Sadly, one of my flasks last night wasn't able to vacuum so I wasn't able to cast it but it's not a big deal since I have mold of these so making another tree to cast didn't take too long.
One of my friends asked me to make her my mouse skull bracelet along with small badger claw studs. Always fun to make things that don't relate to school, gives my brain a little break ;)
In my small vacuum casting class we did our first "pour" last night. I made a mold of a python rib, and then added the wax injected piece to a wax ring band that I carved with a lot of texture and indents on the side so it would fit comfortably on my middle finger. This tree also has some small mouse skulls I had a mold made for last year, before I learned how to make them self.
