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Lost-wax casting – also called investment casting, precision casting, or cire perdue (French: [siʁ pɛʁdy]; borrowed from French) [1] – is the process by which a duplicate sculpture (often a metal, such as silver, gold, brass, or bronze) is cast from an original sculpture.
Lost-wax casting is a metal casting technique for creating objects, from simple to complex, in a variety of metals (such as gold, silver, brass, or bronze) by casting an original model or pattern. It is one of the oldest known metal-forming techniques dating back 6,000 years, but it is still widely used for producing jewelry, dentistry, and art.
Learn the different types of lost wax casting, from metals to glass, and how to get started in this beginner's guide to lost wax casting.
Lost wax casting, also known as investment casting, is a favored method among engineers and designers for creating complex and intricate prototypes.
Lost Wax Casting: This is a brief outline of my lost wax casting technique. There are several ways to cast, this is just the way I do it as a one woman show! Also, this was my set up about 13 years ago and some things have changed - I have a slightly updated longer v…
Lost-wax process, method of metal casting in which a molten metal is poured into a mold that has been created by means of a wax model. Once the mold is made, the wax model is melted and drained away. A hollow core can be effected by the introduction of a heat-proof core that prevents the molten.
Lost-wax casting is a ancient technique that is used today in essentially the same manner as it was first used more than 5,000 years ago. As they say, there's no messing with success.
Lost Wax Casting is a unique and ancient technique used to craft exquisite items, mainly jewelry. At its core, it’s about creating a model out of wax, making a mold from that model, and then pouring molten metal into the mold.
Lost wax casting, or investment casting, is an ancient technique used to cast sculptures and other items. Direct and indirect lost wax casting are the two most prevalent methods used throughout history.
Lost Wax Bronze Casting: Humans have been casting bronze for almost 6000 years, and while the tools used have changed, the fundamentals of the process remain essentially unchanged. In this Instructable I’ll be demonstrating lost-wax, or investment casting.