[Ansteorra] ISO Pewter casting Information

[Alexandria Doyle]

On 10/6/07, Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> On Oct 6, 2007, at 5:28 PM, Alexandria Doyle wrote:
>
> > I once did a test casting of several mold materials,


>
> Have you ever written this up as a paper? Or as documentation for an
> A&S display?
>
> I'd love to have such an comparison article for the Florilegium.
>
> Stefan
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I had included it in body of work displays a number of times, several
years ago.  I still have my bits and pieces, but never written
anything up on it.

As to reverse carving, someone else suggested that it was difficult to
do, and I would beg to differ.  I didn't find it difficult to do at
all, and foreknowledge of the undercuts should be enough to help avoid
that problem.

However if one were to want to practice the reverse carving prior to
carving their soap stone, I'd suggest making up several blanks in
plaster of paris for practice.  The carving effort would be similar,
as well as the time necessary.  To test your carving as you go along,
take some soft clay, like playdough or fimo, press into your mold, you
will immediately see what your carving looks like and what additional
work is needed.

You could possible use this practice effort for some of your final
tokens, but plaster molds don't hold up well with repeated castings.

alexandria