The items I made using Lost Wax Casting/Hot Wax Casting

(This is a brief summary of the process only)Basically, this process is which a model of the object is made of wax, either carved from or build up using hot wax, representing what you want the final oject to be. You then attach "sprues," which are sticks made out of wax, to the wax model to support it, and stick it into the base of the flask. You pour a creamy white fluid called "investment" into the flask, the fluid then dries. The flask is then put into a kiln a few hours for a "burn out," when the flask is taken out, the wax model is no longer there, but it have made an indentation in the investment. You take off the base of the flask, and place it in the centrifuge, which somewhat looks like a big round tub. From there you melt the metal, later you operate the centrifuge to shoot the metal into the flask.

For the heart shaped candy box pendant, I carved each heart out of wax, and used hot wax to drip some "candy" into "the box." When I casted them, i casted them in bronze. Then later soldering the two hearts together, and soldered on a brass bail. I had to use a lot of solder for this project, since the hearts were quite heavy. It was also very hard to polish the inside of the box, where the "candies," were.

For the rose on cuff, I builded the rose up using hot wax, casted it in bronze, then soldering the bronze rose onto a brass cuff. It was very difficult to solder this rose onto the cuff,since the rose was a bit heavy, perhaps next time it would be easier if the cuff was to be curved after soldering, to give the rose a better balance when soldering. It was also hard to polish the rose, since they were so many small curve along the rose.

These pieces were quite time consuming, I really hated having to saw off the sprues after they were casted.