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The End of my Casting story

31/5/2013

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48 hrs after switching the kiln on the firing was complete and once the cast had cooled down to room temperature it was ready to be taken out. 

Each mould is a 'one off', cracks in the firing process and becomes very fragile and literally falls apart. 

Sometimes you end up getting imprints in the cast from the cracks but this time I was lucky and the cast piece looked good. Some spikes and wrinkles here and there, but that's what you expect.

Now the hard work began...

After soaking (descaling of all the mould residue), brushing, grinding and polishing with several grades of diamond pads and a final polishing with cerium oxide before a spraying with acrylic varnish (to give the piece a finished look) you would think that's it, finally ready to be displayed.....but....not this time....on inspection I noticed a couple of marks that I had missed in the polishing part so it was starting all over again.....But first I had to remove the varnish.....So it was a trip to the hardware store to get some varnish remover.....


I got there in the end and the piece has now been handed over to another happy customer. 
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Testing my phone app

16/5/2013

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Just a quick one this sunny morning to check if the phone app works okay? So far so good... Hope I can add a photo as well. Have a nice day ane enjoy the sunshine while it lasts :)
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My latest Fibonacci plate
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Casting

15/5/2013

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This is the 'story' so far...

It all started 4 weeks ago with making the positives in clay.
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The butter and ice cream tubs I had kept for various reasons came in handy as 'boxes' to cast the moulds in.
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Once the moulds had set it was time to get them out of the tubs, dig out the clay and then wait for them to dry. 

Today, 4 weeks later, I decided the moulds were dry enough to be fired. I filled with glass, put them in the kiln and now it's a 48 hr + wait until the glass is 'cooked' and they can be taken out...
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And hopefully, once the pieces are cold worked, they should look similar to the one below...
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Fired Works at Blackthrope Barn 10 - 12 May 2013

13/5/2013

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A few photos of my stand at the weekends show at Blackthorpe Barn.
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