Waxing Fantasy

I've been working on renewing my casting skills lately and pulled out an old piece to finish while watching the Olympics.   I could use a little fantasy in my life (like creative types can't conjure up all kinds of that - LOL) so here is my faerie sitting on a branch.  She will end up being a pendant.  There is still lots of work to do but mostly I'd like for her to stay simple....faerie's ought to be simple, don't you think?

 

You need to ignore the wax colors and look past all of that.  I must have started with a softer blue injection wax and then switched to a red (it's harder) but it all melts out of the investment the same and then it will all look the same.  I'm still struggling with what design to put on those wings - it's always a stumbling block for me.  I'm sure Cinderella was just happy for her fairy Godmother and not obsessing about whether she had dots or swirls on those wings.  There's a lesson to be had there I'm pretty sure.  Especially if my goal is to keep it simple.

 

Pewter Castings

I've been working feverishly on my ideas.  Well, honestly - considering the post on polychronic behavior I'd like to think feverishly but it's more like consistent linear progress...LOL.  I have like five projects going at the same time - maybe more.  I keep telling myself if this ever all comes together it will be like a volcano.  I keeping worrying that it will be like one big eruption and then I'll go dormant for another 10 years.  Scary - scary thought. Okay - let's perish that singular thought to the - been there - done that - pile and move forward.



Five of the new carved plaster casts for pewter

I've been working on the pewter casting from B&B.  I never did show you what I made in that class. As soon as I get home again I'll add a photo of the first castings we did while we were at class.  I have three of them and Susan, my friend, gave me one of her hedge hogs.  They are cute and remind me of me.  Maybe it's one of my totem animals - The other and most prevalent one being the Raven.



There are three new plasters in this photo and two hunks of pewter to melt down.

I bet you feel you just have to know why a hedge hog - right?.  Got myself giggling here...not just because it's nice and round but more because it tucks and balls up as a self-defense against it's perception of a predator.  My tendencies are to get quite hermit like at times.  Anyway, I digress. 

None of these casts in the photos have been poured yet.  I have all the materials and am ready to go but maybe just true to my nature I can't just do one thing at a time so I've finished quite a few to pour at the same time.  I'll let you know how it goes.

If you have any questions about how we did this plaster casting - please feel free to ask....