Casting

: This article is about the manufacturing process. For other uses, see casting (disambiguation).

Other casting processes used in creating artworks

Sand-casting is mainly used for casting flat, relief-like sculptures. Aluminium is one material which is commonly used in sand-casting. The process starts with a tub filled with sand. The sand is wetted, and an object is pressed into the wet sand, or the sculptor uses his hands or tools to make the desired design in the sand, which is then dried. Molten aluminium is carefully poured into the depression and left to cool. Then the artist may choose to continue refining the object by "chasing" it or leave it with the roughened surface that is characteristic of sand-cast objects.

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Cuttlefish casting using cuttlebone as a mould is a traditional casting method used by jewellers and silversmiths for small objects, especially in taking a copy from a metal original. The fine grain of the calcium carbonate cuttlebone offers good definition, although it imparts a characteristic surface texture to the cast.

Related Topics:
Jewellers - Silversmith - Calcium carbonate

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