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.
This weekend my Ceramics 1 class went to our school's foundry to do a process called Raku. I used specific glazes for this geode that work with Raku and then placed my piece (along with the classes) in an outside propane gassed kiln and let it sit in there for an hour and a half, then pulled it out wear this gorgeous outfit! I also have 30 small crystal forms I made for that go inside of this geode bowl but I will fire those normally using normal glazes.
Wowza, today was a bitch and a half.... I'm working on my midterm for Fashion Jewelry as well as samples. Today we did the tube clasp which isn't rocket science, but I'm going to use it in my midterm so I was taking my time with it. But what really gave me trouble was finishing my curved bezel sample. Curved bezels are difficult but are so beautiful when done right. Took me three tries but I finally made one that was the right size, filed it correctly, and soldered it down fully. It's still a work in process but after 6 hours of class and 4 extra hours of jewelry work following that, I was a bit spent. Carrying on with it all tomorrow, but I think I'll work on my casting final; I need to make some wax larva and moths.
