Foundries I have contacted
- Castle Fine Arts, Wales
- Bronze Age, London
- Art Bronze, London
- Butterfly Bronze, Essex
- AB Fine Art Foundry
Background info on the mould making / casting process
- Basic guide to processes / terms incl. scaling up, mould making, sprues (channels that the bronze run through) & fettling (releasing bronze from the mould)
- Basic guide to processes / terms incl. lost wax, chasing (hand finishing) & patination (surface finish)
- Really comprehensive website covering processes & materials maintained by by Richard, the technician of the mould-making and casting workshop at Nottingham Trent University (UK)
Learning how to make moulds yourself
- Course for making a reusable rubber mould (2012, Art Academy)
- Course for making ceramic shell for bronze casting (2013, City Lit)
- Online info to make a multi-part plaster mould casting clay into soft foam urethane
- Video by US based company about making your own rubber moulds (UK distributor)
- Someone with the idea of casting clay using rubber
- Using multi-part moulds to create pressed clay pieces
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