The Lost Wax Process enables me to carve a 3D design into wax by hand using a scalpul and heated 'wax pen'.
A mould is then taken of the wax and cast as a gold or platinum piece of jewellery.
There are 11 Stages
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Heated wax pen being
used to create a wax design.
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Plaster of paris ready to
pour over the wax design
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Tapping the bubbles out
from the plaster of paris
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Placing the dried
plaster of paris pot
in the kiln.
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Taking the plaster of
paris out of the kiln
after a few hours the
wax has been lost
and the impression
left in the plaster of
paris.
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Placing the plaster of
paris pot on the
centrifuge with the
hole at the bottom
ready to receive the
molten gold being
heated up with the torch
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As the centrifuge is
released it spins
extremely fast and
gravity allows contact
between the molten
gold and the hole in the
plaster of paris pot;
so the gold fills the
impression inside the
pot left by the
'lost wax' process.
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The pot is dipped in
water and the plaster
of paris dissolves in
the water as it bubbles
with the heat from the
pot.
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The gold design
emerges and is
cleaned with a wire
brush
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The design before being
cleaned by acid.
The spru is still attached.
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An Award Winning Piece
18ct gold and platinum
'vine leaf' solitaire
1.25ct diamond ring.
Certificated Triangular
cut diamond.
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