Bart Saxton - not of Rivenwood but of a mysterious little place of one to the south called Oubliette http://northshield.org/Branches/Display.aspx?ID=67 - has been doing some very fine metal casting. Here are displayed some wax castings of a ring. The odd conical attatchment is called a sprue. This is what allows the molten metal to be poured into the plaster or soapstone mold. The ring with the strange tentacles sprouting from it is a result of the wax filling the vents that must be carved in the plaster mold for the wax to flow properly.
First, an original is created. This is used to create a mold made of plaster. Then, in order to better create multiple metal castings, the plaster mold is used to create several wax copies which then are used to create a plaster mold with any number of impressions. More of Bart's casting endeavors will be forthcoming as soon as he gets me the pictures!
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