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