Bronze Casting: The Lost Wax Process

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Amon Carter Museum of American Art Fort Worth

8 жыл бұрын

This silent animated video illustrates the process of lost wax bronze casting of sculpture as it was practiced in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. This presentation was made possible by a grant from the Jane and John Justin Foundation.

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@camilookuinghttons2690 6 жыл бұрын

This is the best video about lost wax casting in this site. Very clear, brief, no comments to distract you, and goes straight to the point. I learned a lot from it, since I am starting doing this technique, and so far my results are great. Furthermore, I appreciate very much the "silence": no talking, no music!

@SlayingArt 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Camilo, what are you using for investment/ceramic shell and dowels/nails/chaplets?

@CONEHEADDK Жыл бұрын

I was taught it "the East German way", and I have never seen it done that way anywhere else. Strange since it's a better, more effective/fool proof way.

@mjstow 3 жыл бұрын

Outstanding visualization of the process, which was way more complicated than I'd imagined.

@Jellyfishmz12 3 жыл бұрын

Beyond grateful for this video! Must have taken so many hours to create this animation. I was looking for a book on this method... with a short video you saved me hours and hours and taught me so much. Thank you!

@cyrushazari8461 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting a very clear and informative video

@Leftseat52UT 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome presentation with all the key steps clearly depicted and explained. Kudos, Amon Carter Museum!

@akash_chaudhary_ 7 жыл бұрын

this technique was practiced during the Harappa Civilization(2000 B.C-1500 B.C)

@suhasprabhakar6168 2 жыл бұрын

I'm here too for that reason

@jyotijewargii 2 жыл бұрын

@@suhasprabhakar6168 😂

@The_Aestheticslife 2 жыл бұрын

The great harappa civilization! Which gifted many techniques to the world.

@jairomerchan1710 4 жыл бұрын

Increíblemente didáctico 🔇🎥⚙️🗜🔩🔧🔎💯💯☑️

@amirpashashabestari8464 7 жыл бұрын

Thank ya very much indeed ! Useful video !

@Coloursss27 9 ай бұрын

Thankyou

@camilookuinghttons2690 6 жыл бұрын

Which is the formula for "gelatin", and how thick is the application? Thanks!

@lifecastinggreece7239 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video! What kind of material is the "investment"? And its left inside i gather, right?

@aashishjangra 6 жыл бұрын

What happened with investment is in the wax mold

@AdultingWithSamnang 5 жыл бұрын

Complicated af... im failing my humanities 101 class 🙂🔥

@SenorRu 5 жыл бұрын

That investment core is pretty smart.

@charlesmonter4111 2 жыл бұрын

Es agrable ver estos vídeos ilustrativos felicidades,y la temperatura del molde cual seria,también la de fundición? ,Se los agradecería su información.Gracias.

@fouedmzali6845 2 жыл бұрын

very interesting !

@JarethGarza 4 жыл бұрын

Is the Investment core left inside the final product?

@peterlee9691 3 жыл бұрын

3:55 no it's removed

@vadymbielikov6526 2 жыл бұрын

doesn't gelatin melt under hot wax layer?

@h7opolo 3 жыл бұрын

best tutorial

@user-vs1rg8tw1n 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the good video, can you tell me the reason for using iron nails? Why

@khalidcabrero6204 10 ай бұрын

You mean the chapelets? It is to hold the inner core plaster in place. Without the metal nails or pins, then when the wax melts out, the core will become loose and drop. So you need the nails to suspend it in space. You want the molten bronze to fill the lost wax space between the external plaster and internal core. If the internal core is not suspended by the pins, it will drop and there will be no space between external & internal plaster towards the bottom for the molten bronze to go. You'd only end up with a half-statue. So the pins suspend the core up in space and makes sure the molten bronze goes all the way around. Of course, by having the pins, the final bronze statue will have a few little holes (where the pins were). So part of the final stage is plugging those holes with tiny bronze plugs.

@mallikarjunautomobileworks1553 6 жыл бұрын

Nice sir I like it

@arindamkhanikar8682 2 жыл бұрын

Bhal lagise kela

@Centauriel 6 жыл бұрын

So the final bronze piece is still filled with investment core, right? What is the gelatine for exactly?

@lauchsalat2998 6 жыл бұрын

The core is broken out and the gelatin is there to prevent the mold from sticking to the sculpture

@constantinsimion72 7 жыл бұрын

Heloo I have a question..What kind of mixtures i can use for the patina ?

@jonasvaitiekunas2713 6 жыл бұрын

Whats the name of this guy?!

@vijayh.2619 3 жыл бұрын

Who is watching this video after reading NCERT Lost wax techniques in Bronze dancing girl and bull of kalibanga for UPSC CSE.😁

@meghastales8327 2 жыл бұрын

@goldenestimme 3 жыл бұрын

and what about an inside core investment ?

@bilgaissa5831 2 жыл бұрын

Please when I pour the melted copper into the heart it starts to boil and the resulting shape is distorted why

@amirpashashabestari8464 7 жыл бұрын

How great it would be if you added back ground music plus some sound effects !

@user-vs1rg8tw1n 2 жыл бұрын

The film was informative

@sharonanand1056 2 жыл бұрын

super

@khalidcabrero6204 10 ай бұрын

It is insane how ancient this technique is. It seems so complicated, but every old Bronze Age culture (Indus valley, Persia, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Mediterranean Europe West Africa, etc.) adopted the lost wax casting method very early, pretty much as described here (except the gelatin part - that's a more modern twist). Except the ancient Chinese for some reason. The Chinese used the "piece-mold" casting method. Which seems more straightforward, but is in practice more cumbersome and yields coarser bronzes. Not sure why Chinese metallurgy didn't embrace the lost wax method. Certainly seemed capable, and would have known of examples from India and Persia. Beeswax too expensive in China?

@vax_gax_lax_bax_max_vax2578 7 жыл бұрын

So why is it lost if we know how to do it?

@assassin01620 6 жыл бұрын

+Camilo O'Kuinghttons If you were joking then ignore me. It is not called "Lost Wax" because we forgot how to do it. It is called lost wax because you end up completely removing the wax (when you melt it out). The wax gets "lost" in a way.